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

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

3. What does Tereza's mother appear to be casting off with her immodesty?
(a) Her daughter Tereza's modest ways
(b) The communist regime's ways
(c) An old fashioned mentality
(d) Youth and beauty

4. What did Sabina like to do when she felt low?
(a) Walk through cemetaries
(b) Attend mass
(c) Walk through gardens
(d) Take a long walk

5. Who did Franz respect and worship?
(a) His wife
(b) Sabina
(c) His mother
(d) His daughter

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Marie-Claude so rude to Sabina?

2. What happened at night that caused Tereza to fear that time of the day?

3. What was Marie-Claud's reaction upon hearing of her husband's infidelity?

4. What did Marie-Claude threaten her husband with twenty years prior?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Tereza's mother:

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

3. What is Sabina's views on conflict?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. What were books for Tereza?

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

10. In Part 4, Chapter 3, describe the meeting of the the crowd of umbrellas in the street which Tereza encounters.

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