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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tereza propose to Sabina?
(a) To take nude pictures of her
(b) That she helps her find a job in photography
(c) That she leave Tomas for good
(d) That they try to be friends, despite everything

2. What was the first piece of furniture Franz ever bought for himself?
(a) Couch
(b) Desk
(c) Bed
(d) Table

3. What did Marie-Claude's say about the serious car accident she once had?
(a) She'd never had more fun than when she was in the hospital
(b) The accident caused her to never want to drive again
(c) She'd never had more rest than when she was in the hospital
(d) The accident helped her appreciate her husband and daughter

4. Why did Tereza visit Sabina's studio?
(a) To ask for a job
(b) To photograph her
(c) To tell her that she and Tomas got married
(d) To confront her about her affair with Tomas

5. What did Franz feel with regards to his love for Sabina?
(a) Confidence
(b) Strength
(c) Confusion
(d) Insecurities

Short Answer Questions

1. In Tereza's eyes, what did books represent?

2. What did Franz try to create for the woman he had fallen in love with?

3. Whose quartet is based on the following two motifs: "Must it be?" "It must be."

4. After the encounter with the immigrants, which stirred her up quite a bit, how did Sabina react when she saw Franz sitting on a couchette?

5. What does Tereza's mother appear to be casting off with her immodesty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tereza's relationship with her body?

2. What did the bowler hat represent for Sabina?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 29, what were Tereza's first thought when Tomas had come back to Prague because of her?

4. In Part 3, Chapter 4, what is the immigrant's reaction to Sabina's behavior?

5. Do you think that Tomas and Tereaz met by chance or by fate?

6. "That pendant is ugly," Marie-Claude says to Sabina. Why does she make such a remark?

7. Is reaching the lightness of being Sabina's goal?

8. Describe Franz's love for Sabina.

9. What argument does Tereza use when she rejects the offer to take photos of a cactus?

10. What did the dream about the naked women in the pool, who resembled each other and who were one by one executed by Tomas, represent?

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