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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many women had Tomas known?
(a) a hundred
(b) Two hundred
(c) four hundred
(d) Fifty

2. 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 park benches
(c) Prague's castles and churches
(d) Prague's secret police

3. What was the only reason Simon became involved with the editor?
(a) he knew he would be able to convince his father to sign the petition
(b) the editor's fate reminded him of his father
(c) he really believed in the idea of helping political prisoners
(d) he knew the could help his father regain his job

4. What happened to Tomas's son as a result of the petition campaign?
(a) he decided to leave Prague
(b) he lost his job
(c) he decided to move to the country
(d) he was expelled from university

5. What did Franz come to realize was his real life?
(a) parades
(b) Sabina
(c) his wife and daughter
(d) his student-mistress

6. What most repelled Sabina of Communism?
(a) the maske of beauty if tried to wear
(b) the manner in which their statesmen beamed from the height of their reviewing stand
(c) the way they showed affection to children when in front of cameras, in order to influence people
(d) the way they transformed ruined castles into cow sheds

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

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

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

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

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

12. How did Tomas describe the editor to the man from the Ministry?
(a) He was short
(b) He was skinny
(c) He was tall
(d) He was fat

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

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

15. What episode proved that Tomas was as tired mentally as physically - from having too many erotic engagements?
(a) Get sick at one of the woman's homes
(b) running into one of his recent lovers and not recognizing who she was
(c) forgetting about an engagement he had made that same day
(d) scheduling an engagement on a Sunday, Tereza's and his only day off

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Franz's initial reaction when he was invited to go to Cambodia?

2. What did Tereza feel she was doing by going to the engineer's house?

3. What did Tereza understand the benches floating downstream to mean in her dream?

4. Why did Tomas's son write a letter to Tomas when they were living in the country?

5. In Part 5, Chapter 28, what did Tereza want to tell Tomas on their way back to Prague?

(see the answer keys)

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