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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Mama learn the poem?
(a) In college.
(b) In high school.
(c) When she is a young girl.
(d) She does not remember.

2. Who arrives while the mother-in-law is still there?
(a) The group of political conspirators.
(b) Marketa's son.
(c) Eva.
(d) The police.

3. How does Tamina spend her time?
(a) Working.
(b) Recreating her husband and their time together.
(c) Taking care of her other children.
(d) Writing letters to get her husband released from prison.

4. What turns off the student about Kristyna when she arrives?
(a) Her obvious hero worship of him.
(b) Her provincial appearance.
(c) Nothing; he is delighted with her.
(d) Her loud voice.

5. What happens when Tamina and her husband are abroad?
(a) Tamina leaves her husband.
(b) Her husband becomes ill and dies.
(c) Her husband drowns.
(d) Her husband is arrested and is now in prison.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is waiting for Mirek when he arrives back home?

3. What will Clementis later be considered?

4. Who is Bibi?

5. How does Mirek feel when he and Zdena break up their relationship?

(see the answer key)

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