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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 23-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sabina do to get back at Tomas for looking at his watch while they made love?
(a) Leave lipstick on his shirt
(b) Take away his watch
(c) Hide one his socks
(d) Spray his jacket with perfume

2. Tereza has a dream where she marches around a pool of naked women who are overjoyed by their sameness. What does this part of her dream represent?
(a) Her fear that one day Tomas will not recognize her from among his many women
(b) The fear that once she has an affair, she will resemble Tomas's other women
(c) Her need to escape her mother's world, where all bodies are equal
(d) The desire to be as strong as other women

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

4. What is the meaning of Tereza's secret vice, her long looks and frequent glances in the mirror?
(a) A longing to be as beautiful as her mother
(b) A desire to be admired by men
(c) A yearning to physically fit into society
(d) A longing to be a body unlike other bodies

5. What did Tereza remember most of Dubeck's speech, the one he made after his return from Moscow?
(a) The awful pauses in the middle of his sentences
(b) His courageous tone
(c) His words which carried much humiliation
(d) The trembling of his voice

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tereza refuse the job offer as photographer?

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

3. Who helped Tereza better understand photography?

4. What affect did the first week of the Russian occupation have on Tereza?

5. What novel was Tereza reading when she went to visit Tomas?

(see the answer key)

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