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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 3 "A Short Dictionary of Misunderstood Words".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Tereza refuse the job offer as photographer?
(a) She was afraid her job would keep her away from Tomas
(b) She wanted a more prestegious job
(c) She didn't like the woman editor at the magazine
(d) She had no interest photographing cactuses

2. What did Tereza do six to seven months after she and Tomas moved to Switzerland?
(a) Return to live with her mother
(b) Return to Prague
(c) Pay Sabina a visit
(d) Get a job as a photographer

3. Who helped Tereza better understand photography?
(a) The engineer
(b) Her mother
(c) Tomas
(d) Sabina

4. Why did Franz like music?
(a) His mother was a music lover
(b) Music had been part of his life since childhood
(c) Because it had no words
(d) It helped him be less of a serious man

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Franz respect and worship?

2. What may have attributed to the female puppy, Karenin, falling in love wtih Tereza rather than Tomas?

3. What did Tereza do with half of the undeveloped roll of films?

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

5. When they were living in Zunich, what incident caused Tereza to pack her suitcase, take Karenin and leave for Prague while Tomas was at work?

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