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

2. What did Sabina do to get back at Tomas for looking at his watch while they made love?
(a) Spray his jacket with perfume
(b) Leave lipstick on his shirt
(c) Take away his watch
(d) Hide one his socks

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

4. What did Sabina like to do when she felt low?
(a) Take a long walk
(b) Walk through gardens
(c) Walk through cemetaries
(d) Attend mass

5. 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 would not see any woman more than once a month
(c) He would stop seeing a woman after 3 encounters
(d) He never spent the night with a woman

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Tomas jealous at the bar, where he and Tereza met with friends to celebrate Tereza's promotion?

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

3. What did Sabina refuse to do in life?

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

5. What did Franz say about New York?

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