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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the one thing that Tereza's mother did not allow to exist in her home?
(a) Respect
(b) Shame
(c) Loyalty
(d) Love

2. After the encounter with the immigrants, which stirred her up quite a bit, how did Sabina react when she saw Franz sitting on a couchette?
(a) She was relieved, sat beside him and told him what had happened earlier
(b) She hugged him and begged,
(c) She threw her arms around him and smothered him with kisses
(d) She was taken aback and asked to be left alone for a few minutes

3. What did Tereza's mother when she found Tereza's diary
(a) Read it at the dinner table
(b) Shared it with her husband
(c) Passed it along to her friends
(d) Threw it in the garbage

4. How did Sabina feel about Franz having told his wife of their affair?
(a) Burdoned
(b) Relieved
(c) Angry
(d) Happy

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

6. After she returned home to her small Czech town, how did Tereza re-enter Tomas's life?
(a) She phoned him from the railway station, claiming she was in Prague to find a job
(b) They ran into each other at a mutual friend's house
(c) She came to Prague on a business trip and stayed at his home
(d) He couldn't stop thinking about her and called her to come visit

7. 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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What happened at night that caused Tereza to fear that time of the day?
(a) She dwelt on Tomas abandoning her
(b) She had nightmares.
(c) She trembled
(d) She dwelt on Tomas's infidelities

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

15. What happened once Tomas followed Tereza to Prague?
(a) He apologized for his affairs
(b) He was happy to be back in Prague
(c) He fell deeper in love with her
(d) He questioned their love

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tereza training for since childhood?

2. What did Franz like to take part in?

3. What did Tereza do six to seven months after she and Tomas moved to Switzerland?

4. What is Franz's attitude when it comes to love and strength

5. In his lifetime, Franz has never...

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