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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 15-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the engineer respond to Tereza's resistance?
(a) He asked her if she wanted to stop
(b) He soothed her by stroking her face
(c) He became frustrated and hostile
(d) He pressed himself onto her even harder

2. After the encounter with the immigrants, which stirred her up quite a bit, how did Sabina react when she saw Franz sitting on a couchette?
(a) She threw her arms around him and smothered him with kisses
(b) She was relieved, sat beside him and told him what had happened earlier
(c) She hugged him and begged,
(d) She was taken aback and asked to be left alone for a few minutes

3. What did Tereza do the moment after she had sex with the engineer?
(a) Beg him not to tell anyone
(b) Spit in his face
(c) Think of suicide
(d) Sob in his arms

4. What does Tereza's mother appear to be casting off with her immodesty?
(a) An old fashioned mentality
(b) Her daughter Tereza's modest ways
(c) Youth and beauty
(d) The communist regime's ways

5. Why did Tereza respond as she did to the engineer's advances?
(a) She didn't want the engineer to fall in love with her
(b) She wanted to stop herself from making a mistake
(c) She hoped to quickly get through the experience
(d) She refused to take any responsibility for what was happening

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sabina settled in Paris, what were her thoughts about Franz?

2. At the engineer's house, what made Tereza feel as though TOmas had purposely left a trace?

3. What did Sabina refuse to do in life?

4. Franz had given up scores of women because of what misunderstanding?

5. How did Sabina feel about Franz having told his wife of their affair?

(see the answer key)

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