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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tereza purchase every morning for Karenin?

2. What may have attributed to the female puppy, Karenin, falling in love wtih Tereza rather than Tomas?

3. In Part 3, Chapter 9, what does Sabina do after she and Franz return from Rome?

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

5. Why was Tomas attracted to Tereza?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Franz expect Marie-Claude to react to his confession about his affairs and how does she actually respond?

2. How did Tomas ensure that erotic friendship never grew into the aggression of love?

3. "That pendant is ugly," Marie-Claude says to Sabina. Why does she make such a remark?

4. In Part 4, Chapter 3, describe the meeting of the the crowd of umbrellas in the street which Tereza encounters.

5. Describe Franz's weakness.

6. What is Sabina's views on conflict?

7. Is reaching the lightness of being Sabina's goal?

8. Describe Marie-Claude's personality.

9. What is Tereza's relationship with her body?

10. In Part 3, Chapter 4, what is the immigrant's reaction to Sabina's behavior?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If you were asked to retract a letter for the sake of saving your career, what would you do? Would you save your career or your pride? Write how Tomas's and Tereza's life would have had a different outcome if Tomas had retracted the letter.

Essay Topic 2

When making decisions, Tereza and Tomas do not really look long term.

1. By retiring into the country, does Tomas and Tereza draw forth their death? Could they have subconsciously wanted to die? If so, what would each of their reasons have been?

2. Had they not died, could they have had a happy relationship? Why or why not?

3. Why didn't Tomas refuse to go to the country? Given the political situation of the country, did Tomas and Tereza have any other option? Overall, would you consider Tereza selfish in her actions? Cite 3 examples.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the three options to write about:

1. The influence of women on the various characters: Tereza's mother on Tereza, Franz's mother on Franz, Tomas's wife on Tomas and Simon's mother on Simon.

2. The influence of communism on the various characters: Tomas, Sabina, Simon, Tereza.

3. The result of infidelity on Tereza, Tomas, Sabina, Franz and Marie-Claude.

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