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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. What happens when Mirek leaves Zdena's place?
(a) He decides to go and jump off a high bridge.
(b) He calls his mother on his cell phone.
(c) He temporarily loses the men following him in the car.
(d) He goes to borrow a friend's gun.

2. To whom does Mirek lie about the reasons he becomes involved with Zdena?
(a) His boss.
(b) His mother.
(c) His other mistresses and friends.
(d) His brother and sister.

3. What is the subject of the poem?
(a) Grief.
(b) Hope.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

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

5. How is the student when he returns to his Writer's Club?
(a) Feeling really great.
(b) Feeling rejected.
(c) Fully immersed in his litost.
(d) Full of inspiration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Marketa's ten-year-old son on Easter?

2. To what year does the story next flash forward?

3. What is Kristyna to the student?

4. How does Kundera feel about the dancing?

5. What is Mirek being followed?

(see the answer key)

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