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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 5 "A Short Dictionary of Misunderstood Words".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Franz feel with regards to his love for Sabina?
(a) Strength
(b) Confidence
(c) Insecurities
(d) Confusion

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) An unknown woman had called asking for Tomas
(c) Shes aw Tomas with another woman
(d) Tomas coming home very late when they were to have had dinner together

3. Which was NOT one of the fortuities that gave Tereza the courage to leave home and change her fate?
(a) The book
(b) The number 6
(c) Beethoven
(d) A necklace

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

5. Why did Tomas oppose Tereza visiting her mother when she heard she had cancer?
(a) He disliked her mother and worried she'd cause trouble between him and Tereza
(b) He feared Tereza was using this as an excuse to leave him
(c) He discovered her mother was lying.
(d) He knew Tereza was lying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sabina like to do when she felt low?

2. What does Franz worry about daily?

3. Why wouldn't the magazine editor publish Tereza's photographs?

4. Sabina did not share Franz's passion for...

5. After the encounter with the immigrants, which stirred her up quite a bit, how did Sabina react when she saw Franz sitting on a couchette?

(see the answer key)

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