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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. In response to an abundance of food after the fall of Communism, what was considered a luxury?
(a) A buffet.
(b) Drinking water.
(c) Eating everything in sight.
(d) Not eating.

2. What did Tanja choose to do, following her pregnancy?
(a) Move to the United States.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Give the baby up for adoption.
(d) Get an abortion.

3. How did the people of Eastern Europe feel about the collapse of Communism?
(a) Upset.
(b) They did not care.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Excited but confused.

4. Evelina worked as a what?
(a) Waste contractor.
(b) Architect.
(c) Chef.
(d) Assistant professor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What delicacy did Slavenka purchase in Prague?

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

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

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

5. Why did the Communist state want to create a uniform, physical appearance amongst women?

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