View a FREE sample

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

2. In Tereza's eyes, what did books represent?
(a) A world of intellectuals
(b) A secret world of schools
(c) An emblem of the secret brotherhood
(d) A fair and just world

3. Who did Franz respect and worship?
(a) His daughter
(b) His wife
(c) Sabina
(d) His mother

4. What did Tomas initially feel when he discovered Tereza had left for Prague?
(a) Freedom
(b) Rage
(c) Bitterness
(d) Confusion

5. What did Tereza's mother forbid Tereza to do?
(a) Live with Tomas
(b) Spend time alone in her room
(c) Go out with friends
(d) Lock the bathroom door

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which was NOT one of the fortuities that gave Tereza the courage to leave home and change her fate?

3. What novel was Tereza reading when she went to visit Tomas?

4. Why wouldn't the magazine editor publish Tereza's photographs?

5. What did Karenin hate?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 250 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample