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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 important Yugoslavian political figure died in 1980?
(a) Tanja.
(b) Reagan.
(c) Tito.
(d) Thatcher.

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

3. In addition to Tanja, who did her lover impregnate?
(a) Tanja's sister.
(b) His other girlfriend.
(c) All of these.
(d) His wife.

4. When year did Tanja die?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1995.

5. What trendy look was Slavenka disgusted by when it appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine?
(a) Natural make-up.
(b) Platinum hair and red lipstick.
(c) Bright blue eyeshadow and mascara.
(d) Metallic make-up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tanja choose to do, following her pregnancy?

2. What did Jolanta do for a living?

3. What did Slavenka remember about her mother's beauty regimen?

4. What was Tanja forbidden to do, following her article against socialism?

5. What mentality permeated the people of Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism?

(see the answer key)

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