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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 7 "A Short Dictionary of Misunderstood Words".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Tereza training for since childhood?
(a) Falling asleep while in the embrace of the man she loves
(b) In the morning, buying breakfast for her husband
(c) Stroking her the hair of the man she loved while he lay asleep
(d) During sleep, holding hands of the man she loved

2. In Part 3, Chapter 4, what did Sabina say to the distinguished immigrant that upset him?
(a) He was a rude unintelligent man who was supported the occupation
(b) He had absolutely no appreciation for the arts
(c) He resembled Communist President Novotny
(d) His immigration assisted teh Russian occupation

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

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

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Franz worry about daily?

2. What is Franz's attitude when it comes to love and strength

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

4. Who helped Tereza better understand photography?

5. Sabina understood Franz's...

(see the answer key)

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