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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 Marie-Claude threaten her husband with twenty years prior?
(a) Suicide
(b) Having an affair
(c) Revenge for an affair he'd had
(d) A divorce

2. Sabina understood Franz's...
(a) His need to be a part of her world
(b) His love for his wife and daughter
(c) His desire to fight Communism
(d) Distaste for America

3. Why did Tereza refuse the job offer as photographer?
(a) She had no interest photographing cactuses
(b) She was afraid her job would keep her away from Tomas
(c) She wanted a more prestegious job
(d) She didn't like the woman editor at the magazine

4. In chapter 1, where does Franza want to take Sabina?
(a) New York
(b) Palermo
(c) Paris
(d) Santorini

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sabina unexpectedly meet in the village church?

2. What did Tereza's mother forbid Tereza to do?

3. What did Franz like to take part in?

4. What is the meaning of Tereza's secret vice, her long looks and frequent glances in the mirror?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tereza feel when she stood naked in front of Sabina as Sabina photographed her?

2. What did Tereza write in the letter that she'd left for Tomas in Zurich?

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

4. What did the bowler hat represent for Sabina?

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

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

7. Describe Franz's weakness.

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

9. What were books for Tereza?

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

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