Life Is Elsewhere Quiz

Milan Kundera

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Part I: The Poet is Born, Chaps. 1-5, pp. 1-27

Part I: Chaps. 6-11, pp. 27- 62

Part 2: Xavier, pp. 65-89

Part 3: The Poet Masturbates, Chaps. 1-14, pp.93-114

Part 3: Chaps. 15-28, pp.114-158

Part 4: The Poet on the Run, pp. 161-181

Part 5: The Poet is Jealous, Chaps. 1-3, pp. 185-204

Part 5: Chaps. 4-6, pp. 204-225

Part 5: Chaps. 7-8, pp. 225-242

Part 5: Chaps. 9-11, pp. 242-266

Part 6: The Middle-Aged Man, pp. 269-286

Part 7: The Poet Dies, pp. 289-307

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Life Is Elsewhere Quiz

Life Is Elsewhere Quiz

Why does Jaromil not speak to the cashier when she leaves the store? (from Part 4: The Poet on the Run, pp. 161-181)

According to Kundera, what is "tenderness"? (from Part 3: The Poet Masturbates, Chaps. 1-14, pp.93-114)

Why is Jaromil not jealous when he considers the redhead in the hands of the policemen? (from Part 5: Chaps. 9-11, pp. 242-266)

What question does the middle-aged woman have for the group of poets? (from Part 5: Chaps. 7-8, pp. 225-242)

Symbolically, what role does Maman want to play in Jaromil's life? (from Part 5: Chaps. 4-6, pp. 204-225)