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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tereza's mother forbid Tereza to do?
(a) Lock the bathroom door
(b) Live with Tomas
(c) Go out with friends
(d) Spend time alone in her room

2. What most repelled Sabina of Communism?
(a) the manner in which their statesmen beamed from the height of their reviewing stand
(b) the way they showed affection to children when in front of cameras, in order to influence people
(c) the maske of beauty if tried to wear
(d) the way they transformed ruined castles into cow sheds

3. What was the incident that Tomas could not recall with his lover?
(a) making love on a rug while there was a storm outside
(b) making love on the kitchen floor
(c) making love on a special quilt she'd made
(d) making love in a bathtub while there was a storm outside

4. What concerned Tomas about moving to the country?
(a) he would never be able to escape Tereza
(b) he would be bored by the slow lifestyle
(c) he would have difficulty finding a new woman every week
(d) he could no longer practice medicine

5. What path did Simon take that he believed his father secretly agreed with?
(a) a practicing Catholic
(b) an anti-communist
(c) working on a collective farm
(d) married with children

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Franz's profession?

2. Why was Tomas called to the editor's office?

3. In Part 4, Chapter 1, what aroma did Tereza notice on Tomas's hair?

4. What did Franz come to realize was his real life?

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

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