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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Pizza in Warsaw, Torte in Prague and Chapter 3: Make-up and other Crucial Questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Tanja forbidden to do, following her article against socialism?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Get married.
(c) Publish.
(d) Speak in public.

2. What mentality permeated the people of Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism?
(a) Socialistic.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Capitalistic.
(d) Democratic.

3. When did Slavenka see Tanja for the last time?
(a) A day before the suicide.
(b) The day of her death.
(c) A week before the suicide.
(d) A year before the suicide.

4. What delicacy did Slavenka purchase in Prague?
(a) Wine.
(b) Torte.
(c) Swiss candy.
(d) Apples.

5. What topics did Slavenka and Evelinka's dinner party guests discuss?
(a) The latest fashions.
(b) Internet start-ups.
(c) The opera and the theatre.
(d) Opposition papers and elections.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country supplied products to Poland after the fall of Communism?

2. Slavenka was shocked to see what favorite food available in thirty varieties?

3. In response to an abundance of food after the fall of Communism, what was considered a luxury?

4. When Communism fell, what did the women in Eastern Europe try to do?

5. What trendy look was Slavenka disgusted by when it appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine?

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