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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 is Franz's attitude when it comes to love and strength
(a) Love means renouncing strength
(b) Strong people don't know how to love
(c) Using one's strength on a loved one is considered violence
(d) Being in love makes one strong

2. What did Tereza remember most of Dubeck's speech, the one he made after his return from Moscow?
(a) The awful pauses in the middle of his sentences
(b) His words which carried much humiliation
(c) The trembling of his voice
(d) His courageous tone

3. In general, what did Sabina have a longing for?
(a) Truth
(b) Love
(c) Acceptance
(d) Betrayal

4. Why did Franz like music?
(a) His mother was a music lover
(b) Music had been part of his life since childhood
(c) Because it had no words
(d) It helped him be less of a serious man

5. Why wouldn't the magazine editor publish Tereza's photographs?
(a) He did not find them to be good enough
(b) They were vulgar for his taste
(c) They put his magazine in danger
(d) They were outdated

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Marie-Claude so rude to Sabina?

3. What did Tereza try to see herself through?

4. What happened once Tomas followed Tereza to Prague?

5. How did Tomas avoid falling in love with the women he became intimate with?

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