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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 7, Tomas recalls how after leaving Zurich for Prague, he felt he...
(a) had been led to Tereza by a chain of laughable coincidences
(b) he should have run away from his cage, not return to it
(c) did not really love Tereza
(d) was destined to always remain with Tereza

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

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

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

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

6. 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

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

8. What did Tereza refuse to bring along on her walk with Tomas and Karenin?
(a) a camera
(b) a leash
(c) chocolate
(d) a roll

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

10. What type of work did Tomas do on the farm?
(a) drove a truck
(b) vet
(c) raised pigs
(d) looked after the cows

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

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

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

14. The author describes kitsch as the absolute denial of
(a) betrayal
(b) untruth
(c) ugliness
(d) shit

15. 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 drunk bald headed man
(c) He was sent by the secret police
(d) He was sick minded and had lured her there to take pictures

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease did Karenin have?

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

3. How did Tomas end up being a window washer?

4. What expression did Tomas have, when concentrating, that he saw in his son?

5. In Part 5, Chapter 12, the author states that love begins with a...

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