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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. Which one of the suitors did Tereza's mother choose when she was a young woman?
(a) The most manly
(b) The wittiest
(c) The one who recited verses
(d) The most athletic

2. What type of teenager was Tereza?
(a) Responsible
(b) Rebellios
(c) Proud
(d) Lazy

3. What is the meaning of Tereza's secret vice, her long looks and frequent glances in the mirror?
(a) A yearning to physically fit into society
(b) A longing to be a body unlike other bodies
(c) A longing to be as beautiful as her mother
(d) A desire to be admired by men

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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?

4. What did Tereza suffer as a result of Tomas's affairs?

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

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