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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Michelle and Gabrielle start to cry?
(a) They get in the way of some falling debris.
(b) They are kicked.
(c) They fall when trying to dance.
(d) They are laughed at.

2. Who arrives while the mother-in-law is still there?
(a) Marketa's son.
(b) Eva.
(c) The group of political conspirators.
(d) The police.

3. What might the person fired have lost?
(a) A burgeoning career.
(b) A means of making a living.
(c) A prime office location.
(d) Good political connections.

4. 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 goes to borrow a friend's gun.
(d) He temporarily loses the men following him in the car.

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

6. What year is it when the book opens?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1948.

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

8. Where does Eva meet Marketa?
(a) In a spa.
(b) At college.
(c) At a ski resort.
(d) At a political rally.

9. What does Kundera have the urge to do?
(a) To kidnap his former boss.
(b) To kill his former boss.
(c) To rape his former boss.
(d) Escape to another country.

10. What does Michelle and Gabrielle's laughter elicit?
(a) A slap from Sister Maria who is teaching the class.
(b) A more in-depth discussion of laughter.
(c) A hushing noise from another person.
(d) A grimace from Madame Raphael.

11. For what does Mirek ask Zdena?
(a) Custody of their child.
(b) Money.
(c) A recommendation for a job.
(d) His love letters.

12. What do Karel and Eva think is important to Marketa?
(a) That she be allowed to participate in the sexual relationship between Karel and Eva.
(b) To believe Eva is in love with her.
(c) To believe that Eva is more interested in her than in Karel.
(d) To believe that she is in control of the relationship between Karel and Eva.

13. What are Eva, Karel and Marketa doing when Mama is in her room?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Shooting darts.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Singing karaoke.

14. When did Mama learn the poem?
(a) In high school.
(b) When she is a young girl.
(c) She does not remember.
(d) In college.

15. What does Mirek say about Zdena's age?
(a) That they are the same age.
(b) That she has never told him her age.
(c) That she is older than he is.
(d) That she is much younger than he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is fired because of Kundera?

2. To whom does Marketa introduce Eva?

3. Why is Mirek driving to see Zdena?

4. What does Mama remember when they are all together?

5. Who does Karel picture in his mind when he, Marketa and Eva are together later?

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