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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 13-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Tereza training for since childhood?
(a) During sleep, holding hands of the man she loved
(b) In the morning, buying breakfast for her husband
(c) Stroking her the hair of the man she loved while he lay asleep
(d) Falling asleep while in the embrace of the man she loves

3. What happened at night that caused Tereza to fear that time of the day?
(a) She dwelt on Tomas abandoning her
(b) She trembled
(c) She had nightmares.
(d) She dwelt on Tomas's infidelities

4. Why did Tereza stay at Tomas's home for a week during her initial visit?
(a) She caem down with the flu
(b) She asked to stay, dreading returning to her mother's home
(c) She sprained her ankle
(d) He invited her to stay

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Tereza has a dream where she marches around a pool of naked women who are overjoyed by their sameness. What does this part of her dream represent?

3. What does Tereza's mother appear to be casting off with her immodesty?

4. What was the one thing that Tereza's mother did not allow to exist in her home?

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

(see the answer key)

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