The Unbearable Lightness of Being Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Franz's profession?
(a) Painter
(b) Doctor
(c) Engineer
(d) Professor

2. What did Marie-Claude do to spend her time while in the hospital?
(a) Paint
(b) Listen to the radio
(c) Knit
(d) Read books

3. What was Sabina's views of modern music?
(a) She disliked it because it was difficult to dance to
(b) It lacked the rythm and beat that American music had
(c) She disliked it because it reminded her of the occupation
(d) It was loud noise masked as music

4. What did Tereza do six to seven months after she and Tomas moved to Switzerland?
(a) Pay Sabina a visit
(b) Return to live with her mother
(c) Get a job as a photographer
(d) Return to Prague

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

6. 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?
(a) A letter from her mother begging her to return to her
(b) Shes aw Tomas with another woman
(c) Tomas coming home very late when they were to have had dinner together
(d) An unknown woman had called asking for Tomas

7. Why was Tomas attracted to Tereza?
(a) She seemed a child to him
(b) He opened up to her like he did with no one else
(c) She was submissive
(d) Her beauty was unlike any other

8. Who did Sabina's bowler hat belong to?
(a) Her brother
(b) Tomas
(c) Her grandfather
(d) An old boyfriend

9. For Sabina, what did the bowler hat NOT represent?
(a) Reminder of a forgotten grandfather
(b) A sentimental object while she was abroad
(c) Memento of her father
(d) Reminder of the men whom she'd loved

10. What did Tereza try to see herself through?
(a) Tomas's love
(b) Her body
(c) Her childhood
(d) Her faith

11. 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?
(a) The desire to be as strong as other women
(b) Her fear that one day Tomas will not recognize her from among his many women
(c) The fear that once she has an affair, she will resemble Tomas's other women
(d) Her need to escape her mother's world, where all bodies are equal

12. What made Tomas jealous at the bar, where he and Tereza met with friends to celebrate Tereza's promotion?
(a) Watching Tereza dance with a colleague
(b) Noticing Tereza flirt with a colleague
(c) Seeing Tereza talk to a stranger
(d) Seeing her leaning against a colleague's shouldes as she talked to him

13. What did Franz like to take part in?
(a) Demonstrations
(b) Writing political articles
(c) Getting involved with peace organizations
(d) Giving political lectures

14. Why did Tereza stay at Tomas's home for a week during her initial visit?
(a) She asked to stay, dreading returning to her mother's home
(b) She caem down with the flu
(c) He invited her to stay
(d) She sprained her ankle

15. What did Franz try to create for the woman he had fallen in love with?
(a) the perfect relationship, in order that she would never have a reason to leave him
(b) an independent space for her in his life
(c) a warm and trusting atmosphere she could always turn to
(d) an adventerous lifestyle that would keep her from getting bored with him

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tereza visit Sabina's studio?

2. What was Marie-Claud's reaction upon hearing of her husband's infidelity?

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

4. What was the first piece of furniture Franz ever bought for himself?

5. In Part 3, chapter 2, why were Sabina and Tomas touched by the sight of the bowler hat?

(see the answer keys)

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