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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What expression did Tomas have, when concentrating, that he saw in his son?
(a) he slightly moved his nose left to right
(b) he slightly raised the left side of his upper lip
(c) he twitched his eyes
(d) he slightly raised his left brow

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

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

4. What was Franz's initial reaction when he was invited to go to Cambodia?
(a) thrilled
(b) bothered
(c) angry
(d) indifferent

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) You don't have the right
(c) But it wasn't my choice
(d) Help me, please!

6. In Part 5, Chapter 28, what did Tereza want to tell Tomas on their way back to Prague?
(a) about her affair with the engineer
(b) she wanted them to move to the country
(c) she wanted to quit her job at the bar
(d) to do something that would help stop her jealousy

7. How did Tomas's hospital colleagues react when he saw Tomas at the window shop?
(a) sympathetic
(b) ashamed
(c) encouraging
(d) happy

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

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

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

11. At the engineer's house, what made Tereza feel as though TOmas had purposely left a trace?
(a) Sophocles' Electra
(b) Sophocles' Oedipus
(c) Sophocles' Antigone
(d) Sophocles' Philoctetes

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

13. 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) the hotel where they normally stayed resembled a miniature Russia
(b) the town's sign posts had disappeared because during the invasion people pulled them down
(c) all its street signs were taken from Russian geography and history
(d) the town was still very affected by the days of the Soviet invasion

14. 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 told only the doctors could enter
(c) they were strip searched
(d) they were greeted by silence

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part 5, Chapter 2, who does the author attribute the works of the Communist regime of Central Europe?

3. The author describes kitsch as the absolute denial of

4. What did Franz come to realize was his real life?

5. What was Tereza's and Tomas's love supported on?

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