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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Tomas called to the editor's office?
(a) editor wanted Tomas to sign a permission slip
(b) editor suggested Tomas change word order in one of the sentences
(c) editer wanted Tomas to cut the article to a third
(d) editor requested the removal of one of the sentences from the article

2. Why did Tomas's son write a letter to Tomas when they were living in the country?
(a) he wanted his father to focus his eyes on his life
(b) he wanted to visit him
(c) he wanted his father to know his wife and children
(d) he missed him terribly

3. In Part 4, Chapter 22, Tereza's thoughts about the engineer are...
(a) She hopes she could find a way to forget about him
(b) She prays she will never see him again
(c) She wonders if she could leave Tomas for him
(d) She longs for him to come to the bar and invite her back

4. Tomas had come to medicine by...
(a) a deep desire
(b) coincidence
(c) need for prestige
(d) calculation

5. In Part 4, Chapter 13, Tereza has a nightmare where certain words prevent a man from shooting her. What were her words?
(a) Don't do it!
(b) Help me, please!
(c) You don't have the right
(d) But it wasn't my choice

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

7. What was Tomas's reaction when one of his mistresses reminded him of an intimate incident he couldn't recall?
(a) annoyed
(b) appalled
(c) he thought it funny
(d) burdoned

8. The image of the abandoned child Tomas had of Tereza reflected on which ancient myth?
(a) Sophocles' Electra
(b) Sophocles' Antigone
(c) Sophocles' Philoctetes
(d) Sophocles' Oedipus

9. What did Tomas say is much more important than sending petitions to a president?
(a) writing articles
(b) performing surgery on people
(c) digging a half-buried crow out of the ground
(d) leading demonstrations

10. Who does Franz end up belonging to in death?
(a) himself
(b) Sabina
(c) his wife
(d) his student-mistress

11. 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 Sabina
(c) is strong like his mother
(d) resembles Tereza in appearance but not in personality

12. When did Tomas realize the strange man was interrogating him?
(a) when he asked him very personal questions
(b) when he asked to meet him alone after work
(c) when he asked for the editor's name
(d) when he offered him a job with the government

13. What did the U.S. Senator Sabina was riding with consider happiness?
(a) children
(b) living in America
(c) religion
(d) freedom of speech

14. What did Tereza understand the benches floating downstream to mean in her dream?
(a) death
(b) a farewell
(c) she was no longer going to be a burdon
(d) something bad was about to happen

15. In Part 7, Chapter 6, what animal does Tereza dream of?
(a) a dog
(b) a horse
(c) a mouse
(d) a rabbit

Short Answer Questions

1. For Karenin, everything that came from Tereza was...

2. Sabina liked America...

3. Why didn't Tomas and Tereza have children?

4. How did Tereza feel in the country?

5. What concerned Tomas about moving to the country?

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