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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when the interpreter that headed the march requested permission to enter the territory of Cambodia?
(a) they were told to go back where they came from
(b) they were strip searched
(c) they were greeted by silence
(d) they were told only the doctors could enter

2. What concerned Tomas about moving to the country?
(a) he would never be able to escape Tereza
(b) he would be bored by the slow lifestyle
(c) he could no longer practice medicine
(d) he would have difficulty finding a new woman every week

3. What did Tereza's suggestion about moving to the country do to Tomas?
(a) enthusiastic
(b) old
(c) depressed
(d) rejuvenated

4. Sabina liked America...
(a) only when she went there with Franz
(b) only on the surface
(c) because she had no trouble selling her paintings
(d) because it gave her complete freedom

5. What helped ease Tereza's anxiety when she entered the engineer's house?
(a) Listening to Beethoven
(b) Having a cup of soup
(c) Seeing he had book shelves
(d) Drinking a glass of wine

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

7. What did Tomas hint to the doctor after he informed him that he would not retract his statement?
(a) to stand up to those pressuring him to make a retraction
(b) that a threat by all his colleagues to resign would sufface
(c) to find him a good job replacement
(d) to find him another way where he could clear up his name

8. What did Tereza fear it meant by the engineer never showing up again?
(a) He was sent by the drunk bald headed man
(b) He was sick minded and had lured her there to take pictures
(c) He was sent by the secret police
(d) He was sent by one of Tomas's women

9. What was the incident that Tomas could not recall with his lover?
(a) making love in a bathtub while there was a storm outside
(b) making love on a special quilt she'd made
(c) making love on a rug while there was a storm outside
(d) making love on the kitchen floor

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

11. What did the bald headed man at the bar accuse Tereza of that caused the engineer to step in?
(a) flirting with a 16 year old boy
(b) prostitution
(c) being disrespectful to customers
(d) selling alcohol to a minor

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

13. The difference between Tereza and other women is that Tereza had come to Tomas...
(a) innocent
(b) untouched
(c) with confidence
(d) uncovered

14. In one of her dreams, what was it that Tereza saw floating downstream as she stared at the river?
(a) Prague's street signs
(b) Prague's secret police
(c) Prague's castles and churches
(d) Prague's park benches

15. Why did Franzy initially reject the invitation to march in Cambodia?
(a) he did not believe going to Cambodia could make a difference
(b) he wanted to start living for a real cause
(c) he didn't want to leave his mistress alone
(d) his mistress's eyes were begging him not to go

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the man from the Ministry want from Tomas?

2. What did Tomas catch Tereza do that upset him?

3. Why was Tomas called to the editor's office?

4. In Part 6, Chapter 11, who does Sabina claim is her enemy?

5. In Part 4, Chapter 8, what did Tereza know had become of her and Tomas?

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