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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feelings did Sabina portray towards the immigrants she sat with?
(a) Love
(b) Hatred
(c) Frustration
(d) Sympathy

2. What was Tomas promised if he made the retraction?
(a) the letter will be filed away and never leaked out
(b) he would get a promotion
(c) he would be able to ransfer to another hospital
(d) he could keep his job at the hospital

3. What helped ease Tereza's anxiety when she entered the engineer's house?
(a) Drinking a glass of wine
(b) Listening to Beethoven
(c) Seeing he had book shelves
(d) Having a cup of soup

4. In Tereza's eyes, what did books represent?
(a) An emblem of the secret brotherhood
(b) A fair and just world
(c) A secret world of schools
(d) A world of intellectuals

5. How did Tomas feel after the petition was published?
(a) he considered writing an article about the petition
(b) he was glad he had not signed
(c) he wished he had signed
(d) he questioned whether or not he should have signed

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the bald headed man at the bar accuse Tereza of that caused the engineer to step in?

2. In Part 4, Chapter 13, Tereza has a nightmare where certain words prevent a man from shooting her. What were her words?

3. 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?

4. What did Tereza feel she was doing by going to the engineer's house?

5. What did Sabina refuse to do in life?

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