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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 5, Chapter 25, why was it impossible for Tereza and Tomas to spend the night at the little town outside of Prague?
(a) all its street signs were taken from Russian geography and history
(b) the hotel where they normally stayed resembled a miniature Russia
(c) the town's sign posts had disappeared because during the invasion people pulled them down
(d) the town was still very affected by the days of the Soviet invasion

2. In Part 5, Chapter 2, who does the author attribute the works of the Communist regime of Central Europe?
(a) enthusiasts who wanted power
(b) criminals who were after wealth
(c) enthusiasts convinced they had disvoered the only road to paradise
(d) criminals who cared only about themselves

3. How did Tereza feel in the country?
(a) lonely
(b) energetic
(c) sad
(d) happy

4. In Part 5, Chapter 27, what did Tereza find in the farm worker's face that she had not seen in ages?
(a) someone kind
(b) someone very tired
(c) someone broken
(d) someone wise

5. What does Tereza claim to Tomas during their dance at the hotel's bar?
(a) she regretted having been so jealous all those years
(b) it was her fault he ended up in the country
(c) from the start, she'd tried to get him away from Sabina
(d) she is very happy they are finally together alone

6. How did Tomas feel about his window washing job after a while?
(a) he enjoyed hit
(b) regret
(c) pity for himself
(d) he hated it

7. In Tereza's dream, what did Karenin give birth to?
(a) two rolls and a bee
(b) a cow and a pig
(c) rolls, milk and butter
(d) bees and honey

8. The man who visited Tomas at the clinic where Tomas was a general practitioner introduced himself as...
(a) Ministry of Education
(b) Ministry of Health
(c) Ministry of the Interior
(d) Ministry of Culture

9. What disease did Karenin have?
(a) rabies
(b) canine influenza
(c) cancer
(d) kennel cough

10. In Part 5, Chapter 23, Tomas has a dream of a woman he'd never met before, who was...
(a) the woman of his dreams
(b) resembles Tereza in appearance but not in personality
(c) resembles Sabina
(d) is strong like his mother

11. What privilege did Tomas want to grant Karenin that was forbidden to humans?
(a) unconditional love
(b) death in the guise of his loved ones
(c) a peaceful death
(d) euthanasia

12. What did Tereza feel she was doing by going to the engineer's house?
(a) She was deceiving Tomas
(b) She was changing her life for good
(c) She was following Tomas's command
(d) She was breaking free from Tomas

13. What was the one thing Tomas associated the words "helping people" with?
(a) money
(b) ideas
(c) medicine
(d) courage

14. Why didn't Tomas and Tereza have children?
(a) Tomas did not want them
(b) Tomas could not have children
(c) Tereza did not want them
(d) Tereza could not have children

15. When the engineer undressed Tereza, how did she respond?
(a) Neutral
(b) She assisted him
(c) She resisted him
(d) She asked him to stop

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tereza see in the crow's solitude and desolation?

2. What did Tomas feel the first day he reported to the window washer job?

3. Tomas had come to medicine by...

4. What did Tereza's suggestion about moving to the country do to Tomas?

5. How did the engineer respond to Tereza's resistance?

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