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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Litost.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mirek feel about Zdena's advice?
(a) He thinks she is right and trusts her to tell him the truth.
(b) He thinks it is bad advice.
(c) He has no opinion until he checks things out.
(d) He does not trust it.

2. With whom does Kristyna sometimes have an affair?
(a) A pilot.
(b) A cook.
(c) A physics professor.
(d) An auto mechanic.

3. What language is the word litost?
(a) Russian.
(b) German.
(c) Czech.
(d) Polish.

4. What do Tamina and her husband leave at her Stepmother's house?
(a) All Tamina and her husband's love letters.
(b) Some political propaganda.
(c) Their daughter.
(d) Their son.

5. What does Tamina find within herself?
(a) Anger like she has never known.
(b) Resilience.
(c) A treasured silence.
(d) A tendency to wander mentally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Karel and Eva think is important to Marketa?

2. Why does Mama get embarrassed?

3. What does Zdena urge Mirek to do?

4. Why does the student settle into litost?

5. What do Kristyna and the person she meets do?

(see the answer key)

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