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

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

3. Where does Voltaire invite the student?
(a) To his home for dinner.
(b) To watch a reenactment of independence day.
(c) A meeting of the Writer's Club.
(d) To hear a poetry reading at a pub.

4. What does Mama later say about Eva?
(a) That she is smart.
(b) That she looks like a former friend of Mama's.
(c) That she is kind.
(d) That she looks like a hussy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was happening in 1948 in Kundera's life?

2. Who does Kundera watch in the ring?

3. How does the student feel as he returns home?

4. What is Klement Gottwald doing?

5. What do Market and Karel tell each other when they move out of his parents' home?

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