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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. Why was Tomas attracted to Tereza?
(a) She was submissive
(b) She seemed a child to him
(c) He opened up to her like he did with no one else
(d) Her beauty was unlike any other

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

3. What feelings did Sabina portray towards the immigrants she sat with?
(a) Frustration
(b) Hatred
(c) Sympathy
(d) Love

4. Which one of the suitors did Tereza's mother choose when she was a young woman?
(a) The one who recited verses
(b) The most athletic
(c) The wittiest
(d) The most manly

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tereza propose to Sabina?

2. Franz had given up scores of women because of what misunderstanding?

3. At the party, what did Marie-Claude call Sabina's ceramic pendant?

4. What was Tereza training for since childhood?

5. What was the first piece of furniture Franz ever bought for himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the bowler hat represent for Sabina?

2. How does Franz expect Marie-Claude to react to his confession about his affairs and how does she actually respond?

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 1, Chapter 3, what did Tomas struggle with after Tereza returned to her small Czech town?

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

6. 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?

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

8. What type of daughter was Tereza? What was her lifestyle like?

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

10. Describe Tereza's mother:

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