View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Mama.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eva want?
(a) To explore her sexuality.
(b) Male attention and satisfaction.
(c) She is not sure.
(d) A feeling of family.

2. Where does Mirek arrive?
(a) At his mother's apartment.
(b) At the border to the Ukraine.
(c) At Zdena's apartment.
(d) At Zdena's country estate.

3. To what year does the story next flash forward?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1961.

4. Why does Zdena urge Mirek to take this action?
(a) To save her social embarrassment.
(b) To save her political embarrassment.
(c) To find a home in a freer country.
(d) To save himself.

5. What do Eva, Marketa and Karel frequently do?
(a) Have sex together.
(b) Plan political rallies.
(c) Attend the theater together.
(d) Go skiing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Marketa dislike her mother-in-law?

2. Where does Kundera remember a number of historical events happening?

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

4. How does Mirek feel when he and Zdena break up their relationship?

5. Why does Clementis give Gottwald a fur cap?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 242 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample