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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Tomas end up being a window washer?
(a) by having his conversation about Communists wired and publicized
(b) by not signing a letter the secret police requested of him
(c) by signing a petition
(d) by saying terrible things about the secret police in front of the man from the Ministry

2. What desire led to Tomas's pursuit of women?
(a) possession of the world
(b) accumulation of different experiences
(c) pleasure
(d) power

3. What did Sabina rebel agains?
(a) Soviet films with political themes
(b) the reality of the Communist regime
(c) the Soviet films with happy endings
(d) current conventional interpretation of Soviet films

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

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

6. 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

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

8. Why did Tereza respond as she did to the engineer's advances?
(a) She hoped to quickly get through the experience
(b) She wanted to stop herself from making a mistake
(c) She didn't want the engineer to fall in love with her
(d) She refused to take any responsibility for what was happening

9. What Czech text was written on the poster hanging on the editor's wall?
(a) Free Intellectuals from Going into Prison
(b) End the Russian Occupation
(c) Help Politcal Prisoners
(d) Have you signed the Two Thousand Words?

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

11. For Karenin, everything that came from Tereza was...
(a) the truth
(b) loving
(c) kind
(d) strong

12. In what condition did Tereza and Karenin find the black crow under?
(a) From neck down, buried in dirt
(b) One of its feet cut off
(c) Wounded and bleeding
(d) Lying on dirt, its wings cut off

13. Standing in the anteroom, what saved Tereza from the temptation to burst out crying in the engineer's presence, and thus, fall in love with him?
(a) his crude manners
(b) his unpleasant voice
(c) his arrogance
(d) his harsh voice

14. What distinguished the woman Tomas met in chapter 10 from other women?
(a) She was very plump
(b) She was taller than him
(c) She had red hair
(d) She had a masculine voice

15. In Part 5, chapter 19, what did the editor say to Tomas when he approached him?
(a) Don't try the old-pals act on us!
(b) Careful! Don't come any closer!
(c) Watch out! We're being filmed!
(d) If you talk to us, you'll face interrogation!

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tomas's reaction when one of his mistresses reminded him of an intimate incident he couldn't recall?

2. How did Tereza feel about Tomas's son?

3. What did Tereza see in the crow's solitude and desolation?

4. What were Soviet films saturated with?

5. What did Tomas feel the first day he reported to the window washer job?

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