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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: The Angels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Tamina work?
(a) As a nanny to one of the big Communist Bosses.
(b) As a secretary to the Minister of Justice.
(c) We are not told.
(d) As a waitress at a cafe.

2. What do Market and Karel tell each other when they move out of his parents' home?
(a) They want to live as far away from his mother as possible.
(b) That his parents were so kind to let them stay there, they'd like to return the favor someday.
(c) That it was a nightmare to live there.
(d) That it was sad they had to move.

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

4. Why is Tamina thought to be a good listener?
(a) She looks people straight in the eye.
(b) She always seems to understand what someone is saying.
(c) She does not interrupt others with stories about herself.
(d) She nods constantly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tamina spend her time?

2. What does Tamina think the ostriches are doing?

3. What does Marketa ask Eva to do?

4. When does Marketa begin to write her mother-in-law?

5. What does Mama forget?

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