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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 7 "A Short Dictionary of Misunderstood Words".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tereza do six to seven months after she and Tomas moved to Switzerland?
(a) Get a job as a photographer
(b) Return to live with her mother
(c) Return to Prague
(d) Pay Sabina a visit

2. What would have caused Tereza to do anything for her mother?
(a) Her mother having asked in a loving voice
(b) Her mother having admitted her wrongdoing
(c) Her mother asking for forgiveness
(d) Her mother showing any kind of approval for a change

3. What happened to Tereza's father after her mother left him?
(a) He remarried
(b) He died in a car accident
(c) He left town
(d) He was imprisoned

4. What world evoked in Sabina a sweet, nostalgic memory of her homeland?
(a) Churches
(b) Gardens
(c) Parks
(d) Cemetaries

5. After she returned home to her small Czech town, how did Tereza re-enter Tomas's life?
(a) He couldn't stop thinking about her and called her to come visit
(b) They ran into each other at a mutual friend's house
(c) She came to Prague on a business trip and stayed at his home
(d) She phoned him from the railway station, claiming she was in Prague to find a job

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of Tereza's secret vice, her long looks and frequent glances in the mirror?

2. What did Franz try to create for the woman he had fallen in love with?

3. What made Tomas jealous at the bar, where he and Tereza met with friends to celebrate Tereza's promotion?

4. Why wouldn't the magazine editor publish Tereza's photographs?

5. What does Tereza's mother appear to be casting off with her immodesty?

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