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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 23-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Tereza's mother marryTereza's father
(a) She got pregnant
(b) She was the best option of her suitors
(c) She wanted to leave her father's home
(d) She loved him

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

3. 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?
(a) The fear that once she has an affair, she will resemble Tomas's other women
(b) Her need to escape her mother's world, where all bodies are equal
(c) Her fear that one day Tomas will not recognize her from among his many women
(d) The desire to be as strong as other women

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Tomas and Tereza meet?

3. Why did Tereza refuse the job offer as photographer?

4. Why was Tomas attracted to Tereza?

5. What happened once Tomas followed Tereza to Prague?

(see the answer key)

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