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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama start to doubt?
(a) Herself and her memories.
(b) Marketa's good will.
(c) Karel's truthfulness.
(d) Her sanity.

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

3. What upsets Marketa about her mother-in-law?
(a) That the breakup of the marriage is all Marketa's fault.
(b) That she will not stay in the hotel.
(c) She does not leave on the day Marketa requested.
(d) That she insists that she come to see her grandson.

4. What happens when Mirek stops to have his car checked?
(a) The transmission is no good.
(b) He learns he has a blown head gasket.
(c) The attendant is not happy about serving him.
(d) His tire is flat and can't be replaced.

5. What entices Kristyna?
(a) Philosophy and higher thinking.
(b) The love of acting.
(c) The physical beauty of the student.
(d) The promise of wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the student debate with others?

2. Why is Mirek ashamed of Zdena?

3. Why does Marketa not feel threatened by Eva?

4. What might the person fired have lost?

5. What is Kundera hired to write for a political magazine?

(see the answer key)

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