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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 do with half of the undeveloped roll of films?
(a) Hid them from the Russians
(b) Destroyed them
(c) Gave them to Sabina
(d) Gave them to foreign journalists

2. 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?
(a) A letter from her mother begging her to return to her
(b) Tomas coming home very late when they were to have had dinner together
(c) Shes aw Tomas with another woman
(d) An unknown woman had called asking for Tomas

3. What novel was Tereza reading when she went to visit Tomas?
(a) War and Peace
(b) Pride and Prejudice
(c) The Scarlett Letter
(d) Anna Karenina

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tereza do six to seven months after she and Tomas moved to Switzerland?

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

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

4. In general, what did Sabina have a longing for?

5. What did Tereza's mother forbid Tereza to do?

(see the answer key)

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