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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Tereza visit Sabina's studio?
(a) To confront her about her affair with Tomas
(b) To tell her that she and Tomas got married
(c) To photograph her
(d) To ask for a job

2. 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 adventerous lifestyle that would keep her from getting bored with him
(c) an independent space for her in his life
(d) a warm and trusting atmosphere she could always turn to

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

4. What did Franz say about New York?
(a) It is very youthful
(b) The height of its buildings is disturbing
(c) Its beauty is unintentional
(d) Its beauty is not original

5. What did Sabina refuse to do in life?
(a) Keep silent
(b) Deep ranks
(c) Stir an argument
(d) Be unjust

6. What did Marie-Claude threaten her husband with twenty years prior?
(a) Suicide
(b) Having an affair
(c) A divorce
(d) Revenge for an affair he'd had

7. What happened to Tereza's father after her mother left him?
(a) He left town
(b) He died in a car accident
(c) He remarried
(d) He was imprisoned

8. What affect did the first week of the Russian occupation have on Tereza?
(a) Led her to want to leave Prague for good
(b) Caused her to tremble out of fear
(c) Put her into a depression
(d) Brought her closest she'd ever been to happiness

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

10. What did Tereza suffer as a result of Tomas's affairs?
(a) vomitting
(b) Headaches
(c) Nightmares
(d) Upset stomachs

11. Why did Tereza's mother marryTereza's father
(a) She got pregnant
(b) She loved him
(c) She wanted to leave her father's home
(d) She was the best option of her suitors

12. What happened to Franz when he started living alone in a tiny flat?
(a) He eventually gained the respect of his wife and daughter
(b) He stopped being a little boy
(c) He stopped loving Sabina and met someone else
(d) He gained the admiration of Sabrina

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

14. What did Tereza remember most of Dubeck's speech, the one he made after his return from Moscow?
(a) The awful pauses in the middle of his sentences
(b) His courageous tone
(c) His words which carried much humiliation
(d) The trembling of his voice

15. Why did Franz like music?
(a) Because it had no words
(b) His mother was a music lover
(c) Music had been part of his life since childhood
(d) It helped him be less of a serious man

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened at night that caused Tereza to fear that time of the day?

2. What did Tereza propose to Sabina?

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

4. What would have caused Tereza to do anything for her mother?

5. What did Tereza try to see herself through?

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