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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. When does Marketa begin to write her mother-in-law?
(a) When her mother-in-law's husband dies.
(b) When her mother-in-law begins to write Marketa.
(c) She does not write her mother-in-law.
(d) When they need money.

2. How does the narrator describe Tamina?
(a) As on a raft looking back.
(b) As a empty soul with no life.
(c) As a empty husk.
(d) As a lost soul whose shape is set in the past.

3. What is the only picture Tamina has of her husband?
(a) She has no pictures of him.
(b) A picture of him when he is 12.
(c) A baby picture.
(d) His passport photo.

4. What does Tamina do one day?
(a) Tries to swim away from the island.
(b) Teaches the children how to talk.
(c) Takes over an entire dorm room.
(d) Kills the biggest boy in the group.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To what does the student manipulate Kristyna into agreeing?

4. What will Clementis later be considered?

5. Why does Marketa begin to write her mother-in-law?

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