The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

  

by Milan Kundera

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Part 1

Questions

1. Did Parmenides decide lightness or weight was better?
2. Why did Tereza stay with Thomas for a week?
3. How did Tereza distract herself in her dream in which Tomas was making love to Sabina?
4. What would Tomas have done to any other woman who went through his letters?
5. What piece of clothing could Tomas not find at Sabina's?
6. What did Tereza name her dog?
7. Where do Tomas and Tereza move after the occupation?
8. Why is Tereza's return to Prague definite?
9. Why does Tomas quit his job at the hospital?
10. Who did Tereza say she would have fallen in love with if it had not been Tomas?

Answers

1. Lightness
2. She had the flu.
3. She shoved needles under her fingernails.
4. Thrown her out
5. His sock
6. Karenin
7. Zurich
8. The borders to Czechoslovakia are closed
9. To return to Prague to find Tereza
10. His friend Z