The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 148 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 148 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mirek initially become involved with Zdena?
(a) He does not have the confidence to approach a beautiful woman.
(b) He thought she was terribly witty.
(c) His mother and her mother are close friends.
(d) She is confident and is going places.

2. To whom does Marketa introduce Eva?
(a) Marketa's sister.
(b) Marketa's son.
(c) Marketa's mother.
(d) Karel.

3. Why is Mirek driving to see Zdena?
(a) To give her a present.
(b) To ask her to marry him.
(c) To kill her.
(d) To retrieve some old love letters.

4. When did Marketa dislike her mother-in-law?
(a) Never.
(b) When Marketa and Karel lived with his parents.
(c) When the mother-in-law lived with them after her husband dies.
(d) When her mother-in-law used to try to control how the grandchildren were raised.

5. What happens to Mirek when he and Zdena break up?
(a) Good things.
(b) Bad things.
(c) He marries someone else.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama forget?

2. Who does Kundera watch in the ring?

3. What do the members of the ring do?

4. How do Karel and Eva conspire?

5. What does Eva want?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marketa's feelings towards her mother-in-law change over time?

2. What is the meaning of laughter in part 3?

3. Why does Mirek want his old love letters back from Zdena and do you think his goal is possible?

4. How does Marketa meet Eva and how does the relationship evolve to include Karel?

5. What is remembered about Clementis?

6. What are Michelle and Gabrielle doing and what is their response?

7. Why does Kundera quit dancing and what does he imagine about the dancing? Of what do you think his imagining about the dancing is symbolic?

8. How is the fur hat symbolic?

9. Where does Mirek stop and why is that problematic?

10. What happens when Mirek arrives back home and how is this somewhat ironic?

(see the answer keys)

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