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

2. 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?
(a) She was taken aback and asked to be left alone for a few minutes
(b) She was relieved, sat beside him and told him what had happened earlier
(c) She threw her arms around him and smothered him with kisses
(d) She hugged him and begged,

3. Who helped Tereza better understand photography?
(a) The engineer
(b) Her mother
(c) Sabina
(d) Tomas

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

5. What would have caused Tereza to do anything for her mother?
(a) Her mother showing any kind of approval for a change
(b) Her mother having asked in a loving voice
(c) Her mother having admitted her wrongdoing
(d) Her mother asking for forgiveness

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What novel was Tereza reading when she went to visit Tomas?

3. What does Marie-Anne and her mother do when they have a party?

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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