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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Her need to escape her mother's world, where all bodies are equal
(b) The fear that once she has an affair, she will resemble Tomas's other women
(c) The desire to be as strong as other women
(d) Her fear that one day Tomas will not recognize her from among his many women

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

3. In Part 3, chapter 2, why were Sabina and Tomas touched by the sight of the bowler hat?
(a) It reminded tehm of Prague
(b) It connected them to the depth of their friendship
(c) It was a memnto of Sabrina's father and grandfather
(d) It had been lost and only recently found

4. Why did Tereza visit Sabina's studio?
(a) To ask for a job
(b) To tell her that she and Tomas got married
(c) To confront her about her affair with Tomas
(d) To photograph her

5. In one of her dreams, what was it that Tereza saw floating downstream as she stared at the river?
(a) Prague's secret police
(b) Prague's street signs
(c) Prague's park benches
(d) Prague's castles and churches

Short Answer Questions

1. Sabina understood Franz's...

2. Why did Tomas oppose Tereza visiting her mother when she heard she had cancer?

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

4. In Part 5, Chapter 2, who does the author attribute the works of the Communist regime of Central Europe?

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

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