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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. What did Tereza remember most of Dubeck's speech, the one he made after his return from Moscow?
(a) The awful pauses in the middle of his sentences
(b) His words which carried much humiliation
(c) The trembling of his voice
(d) His courageous tone

2. Which was NOT one of the fortuities that gave Tereza the courage to leave home and change her fate?
(a) A necklace
(b) The book
(c) The number 6
(d) Beethoven

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

4. What may have attributed to the female puppy, Karenin, falling in love wtih Tereza rather than Tomas?
(a) Tereza's attachment to the dog
(b) Being given a boy's name
(c) Tomas's long absence from home
(d) Tereza's familiarity with pets

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened at night that caused Tereza to fear that time of the day?

2. What did Franz do during sex that Sabina disliked?

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

4. Whose quartet is based on the following two motifs: "Must it be?" "It must be."

5. What made Tomas jealous at the bar, where he and Tereza met with friends to celebrate Tereza's promotion?

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