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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 incident led Franz to tell his wife about his affair?
(a) His wife disrespecting him at the party
(b) Hearing his wife's remarks about Sabina's pendant
(c) Having an incredible urge to change his life
(d) Wanting to spend the rest of his life with Sabina

2. What did Franz do during sex that Sabina disliked?
(a) He asked if she loved him.
(b) He turned off the light
(c) He told her he loved her
(d) He closed his eyes.

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

4. What happened at night that caused Tereza to fear that time of the day?
(a) She had nightmares.
(b) She trembled
(c) She dwelt on Tomas abandoning her
(d) She dwelt on Tomas's infidelities

5. What did Tereza do with half of the undeveloped roll of films?
(a) Gave them to Sabina
(b) Destroyed them
(c) Hid them from the Russians
(d) Gave them to foreign journalists

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tereza do six to seven months after she and Tomas moved to Switzerland?

2. What is Franz's profession?

3. What did Tereza try to see herself through?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Marie-Claude's personality.

5. What were Tereza's dreams about?

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

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

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

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

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

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