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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. What did Tereza do six to seven months after she and Tomas moved to Switzerland?
(a) Return to Prague
(b) Return to live with her mother
(c) Get a job as a photographer
(d) Pay Sabina a visit

2. How did Tomas avoid falling in love with the women he became intimate with?
(a) He only met the women at their place
(b) He never spent the night with a woman
(c) He would stop seeing a woman after 3 encounters
(d) He would not see any woman more than once a month

3. Where did Tomas and Tereza meet?
(a) Train stattion where Tomas was departing for Prague
(b) Hotel where they were both staying
(c) Hotel restaurant where Tereza worked
(d) Bar where Tomas hung out during his work breaks

4. Why did Tereza refuse the job offer as photographer?
(a) She had no interest photographing cactuses
(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 wanted a more prestegious job

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to Tereza's father after her mother left him?

3. What is the command Tomas uses on both Sabina and Tereza?

4. Who did Sabina's bowler hat belong to?

5. After she returned home to her small Czech town, how did Tereza re-enter Tomas's life?

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