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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 3 "A Short Dictionary of Misunderstood Words".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose quartet is based on the following two motifs: "Must it be?" "It must be."
(a) Beethoven
(b) Bach
(c) Mozart
(d) Webber

2. What may have attributed to the female puppy, Karenin, falling in love wtih Tereza rather than Tomas?
(a) Being given a boy's name
(b) Tomas's long absence from home
(c) Tereza's attachment to the dog
(d) Tereza's familiarity with pets

3. Who did Franz respect and worship?
(a) His wife
(b) Sabina
(c) His daughter
(d) His mother

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

5. What was Tereza training for since childhood?
(a) Falling asleep while in the embrace of the man she loves
(b) In the morning, buying breakfast for her husband
(c) Stroking her the hair of the man she loved while he lay asleep
(d) During sleep, holding hands of the man she loved

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tereza's mother appear to be casting off with her immodesty?

2. When they were living in Zunich, what incident caused Tereza to pack her suitcase, take Karenin and leave for Prague while Tomas was at work?

3. What did Franz do during sex that Sabina disliked?

4. What affect did the first week of the Russian occupation have on Tereza?

5. Which was NOT one of the fortuities that gave Tereza the courage to leave home and change her fate?

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