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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: The Angels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mama get embarrassed?
(a) Because Marketa corrects her.
(b) The others think the poem is dumb.
(c) Because Karel corrects her.
(d) The others think the poem is incomprehensible.

2. What do Market and Karel tell each other when they move out of his parents' home?
(a) That his parents were so kind to let them stay there, they'd like to return the favor someday.
(b) That it was a nightmare to live there.
(c) They want to live as far away from his mother as possible.
(d) That it was sad they had to move.

3. What is the subject of the poem?
(a) Politics.
(b) Grief.
(c) Religion.
(d) Hope.

4. What do Eva, Marketa and Karel frequently do?
(a) Plan political rallies.
(b) Attend the theater together.
(c) Go skiing.
(d) Have sex together.

5. For what does Mirek ask Zdena?
(a) Money.
(b) His love letters.
(c) A recommendation for a job.
(d) Custody of their child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kundera hired to write for a political magazine?

2. What does Eva want?

3. What does Mama forget?

4. What is happening to Mirek's house when he arrives?

5. Where does Eva meet Marketa?

(see the answer key)

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