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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama start to doubt?
(a) Her sanity.
(b) Karel's truthfulness.
(c) Herself and her memories.
(d) Marketa's good will.

2. What does Kundera have the urge to do?
(a) Escape to another country.
(b) To kidnap his former boss.
(c) To rape his former boss.
(d) To kill his former boss.

3. When did Marketa dislike her mother-in-law?
(a) When the mother-in-law lived with them after her husband dies.
(b) When Marketa and Karel lived with his parents.
(c) Never.
(d) When her mother-in-law used to try to control how the grandchildren were raised.

4. What do the members of the ring do?
(a) They drop exhausted to the ground.
(b) They eventually dance their way into the sky and float away, happily.
(c) They stop and silently go their separate ways.
(d) They suddenly disperse screaming.

5. What happens to Mirek and his son?
(a) They are given house arrest.
(b) Mirek is sentenced to six years, his son gets two years.
(c) The son is made to join the military and Mirek goes to prison.
(d) They are exiled from the country.

6. How do Marketa and Eva get along at first?
(a) They think the other one is too radical.
(b) They are instantly friends.
(c) They don't think they like each other.
(d) They feel competitive with each other.

7. Where is Marketa's ten-year-old son on Easter?
(a) At camp.
(b) Away.
(c) With his aunt.
(d) She has no son.

8. What happens when Mirek stops to have his car checked?
(a) The attendant is not happy about serving him.
(b) He learns he has a blown head gasket.
(c) The transmission is no good.
(d) His tire is flat and can't be replaced.

9. What is Klement Gottwald doing?
(a) Crying.
(b) Stepping out on a balcony to make a speech.
(c) Sliding down a mountain on skis.
(d) Escaping through the mountains.

10. In what is Mirek reveling?
(a) In his temporary freedom.
(b) In the idea of leaving the country.
(c) In the money he manages to get from Zdena.
(d) In knowing now how to best blackmail Zdena.

11. What are Eva, Karel and Marketa doing when Mama is in her room?
(a) Shooting darts.
(b) Singing karaoke.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Drinking.

12. Who is discussing the play "Rhinoceros" ?
(a) Madame Raphael's class.
(b) Madame Raphael's support group.
(c) Madame Raphael's political cell.
(d) No one.

13. Why is Mirek ashamed of Zdena?
(a) She is ugly.
(b) She is uneducated.
(c) She has bad table manners.
(d) She has a loud, grating voice.

14. Who is fired because of Kundera?
(a) His philosophy professor.
(b) His father.
(c) His best friend.
(d) The editor of the magazine where Kundera is working.

15. To whom does Marketa introduce Eva?
(a) Marketa's mother.
(b) Marketa's sister.
(c) Karel.
(d) Marketa's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mirek initially become involved with Zdena?

2. What do Eva, Marketa and Karel frequently do?

3. Who does Karel picture in his mind when he, Marketa and Eva are together later?

4. Why does Marketa not feel threatened by Eva?

5. Who addresses the Czech people?

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