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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marketa ask Eva to do?
(a) Stay at the hotel near them.
(b) Talk to the director of the coop to stop the police searches.
(c) Pretend Eva is Marketa's cousin.
(d) Come another time.

2. Who is Kristyna?
(a) An elderly babushka.
(b) A 30-year-old woman who is married to a butcher.
(c) A friend of the author's.
(d) A nun who teachers Kundera.

3. What will happen to the record of Clementis' life?
(a) It will be made into a movie.
(b) It will be expunged from history.
(c) It will be distorted.
(d) It will be studied by every school child.

4. Why does Mirek initially become involved with Zdena?
(a) His mother and her mother are close friends.
(b) He does not have the confidence to approach a beautiful woman.
(c) He thought she was terribly witty.
(d) She is confident and is going places.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Clementis give Gottwald a fur cap?

2. Where does Mirek arrive?

3. What do Kristyna and the person she meets do?

4. Who are two people Kundera blurs the historic moments of?

5. What is Zdena's response?

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