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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 are two people Kundera blurs the historic moments of?
(a) Clementis and Gottwald.
(b) Mirek and Zdena.
(c) Kafta and Mirek.
(d) Kundera and Clementis.

2. Where does Voltaire invite the student?
(a) To hear a poetry reading at a pub.
(b) To his home for dinner.
(c) To watch a reenactment of independence day.
(d) A meeting of the Writer's Club.

3. What happens when Tamina and her husband are abroad?
(a) Her husband becomes ill and dies.
(b) Tamina leaves her husband.
(c) Her husband is arrested and is now in prison.
(d) Her husband drowns.

4. What do the poets do to the student's view of Kristyna?
(a) They cast her in a better light.
(b) Restore it.
(c) Wreck it.
(d) Undermine her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the phrase Kundera's father says to everything after he loses his memory?

2. What does Tamina think the ostriches are doing?

3. Who is Banaka?

4. What does Tamina do shortly after losing her husband?

5. Why do the children on Tamina's team begin to win games?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about the student deceiving Kristyna and attending the Writer's Club meeting?

2. Briefly describe a few of the most salient points about Tamina.

3. How is Kundera's father's attempt to understand Beethoven undertaken by Kundera?

4. What does Tamina ask Bibi to get for her in Prague and why does Tamina make the request?

5. Where does Tamina go with Raphael?

6. Why do you think Kundera blurs historical moments?

7. Why is Tamina losing herself and why does she think the notebooks will help her situation?

8. Who is Kristyna?

9. What happens to Kundera's father in Part 6 and what do you think is the significance of Kundera writing about what happens to his father?

10. What does Tamina do shortly after her husband dies and what might this foreshadow?

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