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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Litost.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kundera have the urge to do?
(a) To kill his former boss.
(b) Escape to another country.
(c) To rape his former boss.
(d) To kidnap his former boss.

2. How does the student feel as he returns home?
(a) Confused.
(b) Inferior.
(c) Fully restored.
(d) Dejected.

3. What happens to Tamina after she sleeps with Hugo?
(a) She is silent permanently.
(b) She tells him to leave her home and never come back.
(c) She regains her voice and words.
(d) She cries.

4. For whom does Kundera give a personal astrological reading?
(a) Kundera's boss.
(b) Brezhnev's wife.
(c) A powerful Communist leader, Breznev.
(d) Khrushchev's wife.

5. Why does Marketa not feel threatened by Eva?
(a) Because Eva is not good looking.
(b) Because Eva is not looking for a relationship.
(c) Because Eva loves Marketa.
(d) Because Eva freely shares all things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tamina try to recreate?

2. What does Mirek say about Zdena's age?

3. When did Marketa dislike her mother-in-law?

4. What do Karel and Eva think is important to Marketa?

5. What entices Kristyna?

(see the answer key)

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