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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Tomas promised if he made the retraction?
(a) he could keep his job at the hospital
(b) the letter will be filed away and never leaked out
(c) he would get a promotion
(d) he would be able to ransfer to another hospital

2. In Part 4, Chapter 8, what did Tereza know had become of her and Tomas?
(a) She had become a burdon on him
(b) They had become a burdon on each other
(c) Their love had died
(d) He grew more and more distant as time went on

3. What were Soviet films saturated with?
(a) conflict and resolution
(b) political themes
(c) family sagas
(d) incredible innocense and chastity

4. What did the man from the Ministry want from Tomas?
(a) to tell the truth about who the editor was
(b) to sign a letter
(c) to transfer to another clinic
(d) to make a public apology

5. Why did Tomas's son write a letter to Tomas when they were living in the country?
(a) he wanted his father to know his wife and children
(b) he missed him terribly
(c) he wanted to visit him
(d) he wanted his father to focus his eyes on his life

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. The man who visited Tomas at the clinic where Tomas was a general practitioner introduced himself as...
(a) Ministry of Education
(b) Ministry of Health
(c) Ministry of the Interior
(d) Ministry of Culture

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

14. What was Tomas's reaction when one of his mistresses reminded him of an intimate incident he couldn't recall?
(a) he thought it funny
(b) annoyed
(c) appalled
(d) burdoned

15. How did Tomas feel after the petition was published?
(a) he questioned whether or not he should have signed
(b) he wished he had signed
(c) he considered writing an article about the petition
(d) he was glad he had not signed

Short Answer Questions

1. For Karenin, everything that came from Tereza was...

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

3. In Part 5, Chapter 27, what did Tereza find in the farm worker's face that she had not seen in ages?

4. Why did Tereza respond as she did to the engineer's advances?

5. How did Tereza feel in the country?

(see the answer keys)

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