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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kundera meet his former boss?
(a) At a secret apartment.
(b) At the wharf.
(c) In the underground tunnels near the square.
(d) At the fish market.

2. What might the person fired have lost?
(a) A burgeoning career.
(b) A means of making a living.
(c) Good political connections.
(d) A prime office location.

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

4. When did Mama learn the poem?
(a) In high school.
(b) She does not remember.
(c) In college.
(d) When she is a young girl.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote RHINOCEROS?

2. To whom does Marketa introduce Eva?

3. Where does Eva meet Marketa?

4. What does Marketa not know about Eva and Karel?

5. Who is waiting for Mirek when he arrives back home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mirek arrives back home and how is this somewhat ironic?

2. What does this Kundera say about our collective past?

3. How does Marketa's feelings towards her mother-in-law change over time?

4. What are Michelle and Gabrielle doing and what is their response?

5. What is upsetting about Mama's visit and why doesn't Marketa do anything about it?

6. What does Mirek think of Zdena when they first meet and then become lovers?

7. How is the fur hat symbolic?

8. What is the difference between how Mama views memory versus how Karel and Marketa do?

9. Where does Mirek stop and why is that problematic?

10. What does Marketa contemplate doing with Eva near the end of the chapter?

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