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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 type of teenager was Tereza?
(a) Proud
(b) Responsible
(c) Lazy
(d) Rebellios

2. What made Tomas jealous at the bar, where he and Tereza met with friends to celebrate Tereza's promotion?
(a) Seeing her leaning against a colleague's shouldes as she talked to him
(b) Seeing Tereza talk to a stranger
(c) Noticing Tereza flirt with a colleague
(d) Watching Tereza dance with a colleague

3. What did Franz like to take part in?
(a) Getting involved with peace organizations
(b) Writing political articles
(c) Demonstrations
(d) Giving political lectures

4. What happened to Franz when he started living alone in a tiny flat?
(a) He eventually gained the respect of his wife and daughter
(b) He stopped being a little boy
(c) He stopped loving Sabina and met someone else
(d) He gained the admiration of Sabrina

5. What term did Tereza use to express how she felt about life with her family?
(a) factory
(b) boarding house
(c) prison
(d) concentration camp

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why wouldn't the magazine editor publish Tereza's photographs?

3. What did Tereza suffer as a result of Tomas's affairs?

4. What did Sabina do to get back at Tomas for looking at his watch while they made love?

5. What did Marie-Claude do to spend her time while in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Tereza's mother:

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

4. What were Tereza's dreams about?

5. Describe Marie-Claude's personality.

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

7. How did Tereza react to her mother's phone call telling her she had cancer and only 5 months to live?

8. Why does Franz take part in every possible demonstration in Paris?

9. Describe Franz's weakness.

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

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