The Unbearable Lightness Of Being

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Who is the author of the novel?

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Milan Kundera

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Where was the author born?

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Czechoslovakia

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Brief period in 1968 where the government eased restriction on its writers and citizens.

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"Prague Spring"

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Where does the setting of the book take place?

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1960s in Czechoslovakia

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The Soviet Bloc countries were led by?

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The Soviet Union

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What was the Soviet Bloc nervous about in Czechoslovakia?

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The relaxation of the regime

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In August ___, ___ and ___ soldiers took control of ___.

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1968, Russian tanks, Soviet Bloc, Prague

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What was the name of the Czech leader that was deposed and replaced by the Soviets?

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Alexander Dubeck

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Who did the Soviets put in place as the new Czech leader?

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Gustav Husak

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After the Soviets declared a new Czech leader what kind of regime was instituted and how long did it last?

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A repressive regime, 21 years

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The novel opens with a meditation on which philosopher? And his idea of ___.

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Friedrich Nietzsche, eternal return

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Eternal return is contrasted with the notion of?

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einmal ist keinmal

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Friedrich Neitzsche's idea of eternal return says:

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"what happens but once... might as well not have happened at all."

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According to Nietzsche eternal return is the "_______".

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heaviest of burdens

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Kundera next introduces ___, a surgeon who has fallen in love with a young woman named ___.

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Tomas, Tereza

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Tomas has many mistresses, engaging in what he terms "___ ____".

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erotic friendships

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When Tereza discovers Tomas's many mistresses there is a contrast between _____ and the _____.

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weight of Tereza's love, lightness of Tomas's love

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Who does Tomas eventually marry?

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Tereza

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What does Tomas buy Tereza?

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A puppy named Karenin.

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Does Tomas give up his mistresses when married?

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No

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Notable among his mistresses is?

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Sabina

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What does Sabina make of the situation?

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Understands Tomas and even becomes a close friend Tereza's.

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In what year does the Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia begin?

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1968

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Where does Sabina immigrate to?

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Switzerland

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Kundera next introduces ___, a surgeon who has fallen in love with a young woman named ___.

Back 25

Tomas, Tereza

Front 26

Tomas has many mistresses, engaging in what he terms "___ ____".

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erotic friendships

Front 27

When Tereza discovers Tomas's many mistresses there is a contrast between _____ and the _____.

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weight of Tereza's love, lightness of Tomas's love

Front 28

Who does Tomas eventually marry?

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Tereza

Front 29

What does Tomas buy Tereza?

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A puppy named Karenin.

Front 30

Does Tomas give up his mistresses when married?

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No

Front 31

Notable among his mistresses is?

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Sabina

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What does Sabina make of the situation?

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Understands Tomas and even becomes a close friend Tereza's.

Front 33

In what year does the Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia begin?

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1968

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Where does Sabina immigrate to?

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Switzerland

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Why & for how long do Tomas and Tereza live in Zurich?

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Tomas receives a call from a Swiss doctor who wants him to work there. Six or seven months until Tereza learns Tomas is once again seeing Sabina.

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Tereza returns to ____ and Tomas ____.

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Prague, follows her within days

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The story returns to the beginning, this time from ___'s point of view.

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Tereza

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The section from Tereza's point of view helps the reader understand two things, what are they?

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The family background and psychology that drive Tereza.

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A political prisoner who died in jail

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Tereza's father

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An abusive, vulgar woman who takes great delight in humiliating her daughter

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Tereza's mother

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In the section Soul and Body the reader learns something about Tereza during her sleep, What is it?

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Her troubling dreams about Tomas

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As the friendship grows between Sabina and Tereza what does Tereza receive?

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A secure position at the magazine where Sabina works

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In one particular intense scene what do Sabina and Tereza do at Sabina's studio?

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Photograph each other nude

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Words Misunderstood introduces ____, a university professor in Geneva who is having an affair with Sabina.

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Franz

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Franz is married to ___, a woman whom he does not love.

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Marie- Claude

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There are brief sections, "____ ____" that illustrate the the differences between Sabina and Franz.

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misunderstood words

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What does Franz have a passion and love for that Sabina does not understood?

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Music

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How does Sabina describe music?

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As noise.

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What ruined Sabina's feelings for music?

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Attending years at the Academy of Arts where loud cheerful music was played from early morning until night.

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For Franz music is?

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A liberating force

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For Sabina music is?

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An unpleasant reminder of her life in the totalitarian state.

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When Franz makes love to Sabina he is drawn to ___ which is why he closes he eyes.

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Darkness

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In contrast to Franz being drawn to darkness, for Sabina "living... _____".

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meant seeing

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Because of the differences between Sabina and Franz Sabina leaves Franz and ____. Where does she go?

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First Paris and later in the United States

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When Sabina is in Paris what does Tomas's son writes her a letter informing her:

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That Tomas and Tereza have been killed in a car accident

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Franz becomes involved with a ___ and begins taking an active role in ___ ___.

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student, politcal dissension

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Why does Franz choose to tell his wife of the affair?

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Because the distance of the two lovers and the understanding of reality

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After Tomas looses his job at the hospital what does he work as?

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A window washer

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What is Terezas occupation?

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Tends bar.

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How do Tereza's and Tomas's schedules differ?

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By the time Tereza returns home, Tomas is asleep.

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When Tereza crawls into bed beside him what does she become aware of?

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An odor coming from the private area of another woman.

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Tereza is distraught knowing Tomas is having an affair. Who does she eventually have a sexual encounter with?

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An engineer she meets at a bar.

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What does Tereza later realize about the engineer?

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That he is probably an engineer for the state.

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What happens in the dream Tereza has involving Tomas instructing her to go up to Petrin Hill?

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She goes, only to find men with riffles killing those who want to die. It must be their choice. At the last minute she says that being killed is not her choice.

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Although Tereza's dream ends with her choice not to die who does she really feel?

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That she truly does want to die

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In Part 5: Lightness and Weight, it tells why Tomas is let do from his job at the hospital. What was the reason?

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He wrote a letter to an editor of a journal. With a more oppressive regime, he is called upon to recant. He refuses to do so and must consequently resign from his job.

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What does Tomas's family think of his refusal?

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That he is protesting the new regime.

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What does his son Simon and the editor of the journal approach him about?

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They want him to sign a petition demanding the release of Czech political prisoners. He refuses to sign the document.

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To get away from the intrigue and anxieties of the city what Tomas and Tereza do? And why?

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Move to a collective farm in the country believing that this move will move put them so far down on the social ladder that the state will no longer be concerned with them, since they have little to lose.

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In part 6: The Grand March, Kundera explores the notion of:

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kitsche, particularly communist kitsch

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Why does Franz go to Thailand with a group of intellectuals?

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To protest human-rights violations in Cambodia

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When in Cambodia what awful scene occurs to Franz?

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He is mugged by some street thugs and ends up dying shortly after his return to Switzerland

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The last section goes back to Tomas and Terezas life on the farm. Their dog Karenin is very old and dying of ____.

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Cancer

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In the end Tomas gives up ___ and Tereza ______.

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womanizing, asks for forgiveness for her role in his unhappiness in life

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Tomas replies to Tereza's asking for forgiveness by saying...

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He has been happy these last years at the farm.

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In the hours before their death, Tereza and Tomas are:

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Happy together

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What is the sole inheritance Sabina claims from her father?

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Her grandfather's bowler hat

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What is Tomas's point in the Oedipus article he wrote?

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The error of claiming innocence by virtue of ignorance

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How do Tereza and Tomas meet?

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Tereza serves him at a cafe restaurant

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Why does Franz and Sabinas relationship end?

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Sabina requires more freedom and rebels when Franz leaves his wife for her