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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote RHINOCEROS?
(a) Eugene O'Neill.
(b) Lillian Helmet.
(c) William Tennessee.
(d) Eugene Ionesco.

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

3. Where is Marketa's ten-year-old son on Easter?
(a) With his aunt.
(b) At camp.
(c) She has no son.
(d) Away.

4. What does Zdena urge Mirek to do?
(a) Reconcile with her.
(b) Make a deal with his political party.
(c) Leave the country.
(d) Get a job.

5. Why is Mirek ashamed of Zdena?
(a) She has a loud, grating voice.
(b) She is ugly.
(c) She is uneducated.
(d) She has bad table manners.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Kundera give a personal astrological reading?

2. What does Karel do on the phone?

3. For what does Mirek ask Zdena?

4. What does distance do for Marketa's attitude toward her mother-in-law?

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

(see the answer key)

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