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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Mirek profess to be entranced as far as Zdena is concerned?
(a) Her political connections.
(b) Her artistic abilities.
(c) Her wealth.
(d) Her mind.

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

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

4. What does Marketa not know about Eva and Karel?
(a) That Eva wants Karel to encourage Marketa to leave him for her.
(b) That they are both in love with a third woman.
(c) That they know each other before Marketa meets Eva.
(d) That they plan to eventually marry.

5. What does Michelle and Gabrielle's laughter elicit?
(a) A grimace from Madame Raphael.
(b) A slap from Sister Maria who is teaching the class.
(c) A hushing noise from another person.
(d) A more in-depth discussion of laughter.

6. Who wrote the Parole de femme?
(a) Saint Augustine.
(b) Julian of Norwich.
(c) Saint Annie Leclerc.
(d) Saint Joan de Arc.

7. What does Eva want?
(a) Male attention and satisfaction.
(b) To explore her sexuality.
(c) She is not sure.
(d) A feeling of family.

8. What is Mirek being followed?
(a) He stole the car he is driving.
(b) He is considered an enemy of the state.
(c) Someone warns the police he is going to kill Zdena.
(d) He has bodyguards in another car.

9. Why is Mirek driving to see Zdena?
(a) To retrieve some old love letters.
(b) To kill her.
(c) To ask her to marry him.
(d) To give her a present.

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

11. For whom does Kundera give a personal astrological reading?
(a) Brezhnev's wife.
(b) A powerful Communist leader, Breznev.
(c) Khrushchev's wife.
(d) Kundera's boss.

12. What year is it when the book opens?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1918.

13. Who addresses the Czech people?
(a) Klement Gottwald.
(b) Marketa.
(c) Zedena.
(d) Mirek.

14. What does Zdena urge Mirek to do?
(a) Reconcile with her.
(b) Leave the country.
(c) Get a job.
(d) Make a deal with his political party.

15. What does Marketa do for the Easter weekend?
(a) Invites her mother-in-law to visit.
(b) Goes to church for the first time in many years.
(c) Goes to visit her mother-in-law.
(d) Goes to Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is discussing the play "Rhinoceros" ?

2. Who arrives while the mother-in-law is still there?

3. Why does Mama get embarrassed?

4. To whom does Mirek lie about the reasons he becomes involved with Zdena?

5. What happens to Mirek when he and Zdena break up?

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