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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. Who is Bibi?
(a) A ballerina.
(b) A regular customer to the cafe.
(c) The owner of the cafe.
(d) Tamina's lover.
2. Why do the children on Tamina's team begin to win games?
(a) Because of Tamina's size and advanced dextrity.
(b) They are the smartest.
(c) They cheat.
(d) They beat up anyone who might start to win.
3. How is Tamina's apartment?
(a) Neat and organized.
(b) In shambles.
(c) Cluttered but clean.
(d) Completely empty.
4. To what does the student manipulate Kristyna into agreeing?
(a) To go to bed with him.
(b) To return that same day back to her home.
(c) To his going to the Writer's Club meeting.
(d) To getting her own motel room.
5. What happens to Kundera's father about the same time as what happens to Hubl?
(a) Kundera's father defects.
(b) Kundera's father becomes ill.
(c) Kundera's father is removed from the position Minister of Justice.
(d) Kundera's father writes a refutation of Hubl's words.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the boat with the boy who rows?
2. Where does Tamina work?
3. How does the student spend the evening?
4. What do Kristyna and the student decide?
5. What language is the word litost?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Tamina go with Raphael?
2. What does Tamina ask Bibi to get for her in Prague and why does Tamina make the request?
3. Briefly describe a few of the most salient points about Tamina.
4. What does Kundera do at the opening to Part VI: The Angels?
5. What character's life is again addressed in part 6 and how is her life dismissed in a sense?
6. Why do you think Kundera blurs historical moments?
7. What conditions have to exist for graphomania to blossom?
8. What does Tamina do shortly after her husband dies and what might this foreshadow?
9. Why is Tamina losing herself and why does she think the notebooks will help her situation?
10. What is the meaning of the word litost?
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