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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 the student debate with others?
(a) The political situation in Prague.
(b) The right of Russia to be in Hungary.
(c) The might of capitalism to overthrow communism.
(d) Poetry and philosophical tenets.

2. What does Marketa do for the Easter weekend?
(a) Goes to church for the first time in many years.
(b) Goes to Paris.
(c) Goes to visit her mother-in-law.
(d) Invites her mother-in-law to visit.

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

4. How do Karel and Eva conspire?
(a) To leave Marketa and take Karel and Marketa's life savings.
(b) To get Marketa to allow his mother to live with them.
(c) To get Marketa to think that she wants to leave Karel.
(d) To make it look as though Marketa is the first to meet Eva.

5. When Kristyna arrives, where is the student?
(a) He is in prison for distributing propaganda against the state.
(b) In class with someone referred to as Voltaire.
(c) He is in his apartment waiting for Kristyna.
(d) With a friend at a pub.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hugo do after sleeping with Tamina?

2. What does Tamina do shortly after losing her husband?

3. What do the poets do to the student's view of Kristyna?

4. How does the narrator describe Tamina?

5. What are Eva, Karel and Marketa doing when Mama is in her room?

(see the answer key)

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