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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. What did the chief surgeon request of Tomas?
(a) not to make a public retraction of his past statement
(b) to consider his family when making a public retraction
(c) to consider his colleagues when deciding whether or not to make the retraction
(d) to make a public retraction of his past statement

2. What did Franz do during sex that Sabina disliked?
(a) He asked if she loved him.
(b) He closed his eyes.
(c) He told her he loved her
(d) He turned off the light

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

4. How did the engineer respond to Tereza's resistance?
(a) He soothed her by stroking her face
(b) He became frustrated and hostile
(c) He pressed himself onto her even harder
(d) He asked her if she wanted to stop

5. What did Tereza understand the benches floating downstream to mean in her dream?
(a) death
(b) something bad was about to happen
(c) she was no longer going to be a burdon
(d) a farewell

Short Answer Questions

1. Standing in the anteroom, what saved Tereza from the temptation to burst out crying in the engineer's presence, and thus, fall in love with him?

2. What did Franz's words about love and strength do to Sabina?

3. Where did Tomas and Tereza meet?

4. What is the command Tomas uses on both Sabina and Tereza?

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

(see the answer key)

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