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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 Franz's words about love and strength do to Sabina?
(a) Made him more attractive in her eyes
(b) Disqualify him from her life
(c) Caused her to trust him more than any man she'd ever known
(d) Caused her to question his love

2. What did Marie-Claude do to spend her time while in the hospital?
(a) Read books
(b) Paint
(c) Listen to the radio
(d) Knit

3. When was the only time Tereza and Tomas could talk to each other when they worked opposite shifts?
(a) When she visited him at work
(b) During breakfast
(c) During lunch breaks
(d) When he visited her at work

4. What did Tereza suffer as a result of Tomas's affairs?
(a) Headaches
(b) Upset stomachs
(c) Nightmares
(d) vomitting

5. What did Tereza's mother forbid Tereza to do?
(a) Lock the bathroom door
(b) Spend time alone in her room
(c) Live with Tomas
(d) Go out with friends

Short Answer Questions

1. What may have attributed to the female puppy, Karenin, falling in love wtih Tereza rather than Tomas?

2. What happened once Tomas followed Tereza to Prague?

3. What novel was Tereza reading when she went to visit Tomas?

4. Which was NOT one of the fortuities that gave Tereza the courage to leave home and change her fate?

5. What would have caused Tereza to do anything for her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Franz's love for Sabina.

2. How did Tomas ensure that erotic friendship never grew into the aggression of love?

3. In Part 3, Chapter 4, how does Sabina feel about her own unfairness towards the immigrants?

4. What were books for Tereza?

5. Describe Marie-Claude's personality.

6. For Franz, what is music?

7. What did the bowler hat represent for Sabina?

8. 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?

9. What is Sabina's views on conflict?

10. What happens to Franz after Sabina leaves him for good?

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