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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tereza propose to Sabina?
(a) That she helps her find a job in photography
(b) To take nude pictures of her
(c) That they try to be friends, despite everything
(d) That she leave Tomas for good

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

3. Sabina understood Franz's...
(a) His need to be a part of her world
(b) Distaste for America
(c) His desire to fight Communism
(d) His love for his wife and daughter

4. In Part 3, Chapter 4, what did Sabina say to the distinguished immigrant that upset him?
(a) He was a rude unintelligent man who was supported the occupation
(b) He had absolutely no appreciation for the arts
(c) His immigration assisted teh Russian occupation
(d) He resembled Communist President Novotny

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

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

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

8. Why wouldn't the magazine editor publish Tereza's photographs?
(a) They were outdated
(b) They were vulgar for his taste
(c) They put his magazine in danger
(d) He did not find them to be good enough

9. What is the command Tomas uses on both Sabina and Tereza?
(a) Strip
(b) Get undressed
(c) Take off your clothes
(d) Get naked

10. In Tereza's eyes, what did books represent?
(a) An emblem of the secret brotherhood
(b) A fair and just world
(c) A world of intellectuals
(d) A secret world of schools

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

12. Which one of the suitors did Tereza's mother choose when she was a young woman?
(a) The most manly
(b) The one who recited verses
(c) The wittiest
(d) The most athletic

13. What did Tereza purchase every morning for Karenin?
(a) A bisquit
(b) A roll
(c) A sandwich
(d) Slice of cake

14. In general, what did Sabina have a longing for?
(a) Love
(b) Acceptance
(c) Betrayal
(d) Truth

15. What incident led Franz to tell his wife about his affair?
(a) Having an incredible urge to change his life
(b) Wanting to spend the rest of his life with Sabina
(c) Hearing his wife's remarks about Sabina's pendant
(d) His wife disrespecting him at the party

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sabina feel about Franz having told his wife of their affair?

2. Whose quartet is based on the following two motifs: "Must it be?" "It must be."

3. What was Sabina's views of modern music?

4. Sabina is stirred by her own...

5. Franz had given up scores of women because of what misunderstanding?

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