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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 happened when the interpreter that headed the march requested permission to enter the territory of Cambodia?
(a) they were greeted by silence
(b) they were told to go back where they came from
(c) they were told only the doctors could enter
(d) they were strip searched

2. At the end of the novel, Tereza feels that if she really had loved Tomas with a great love, she would have...
(a) been more appreciative of his love
(b) stuck it out with him abroad
(c) not been jealous of his affairs
(d) allowed Tomas to resume his medical practice

3. What did Tomas hint to the doctor after he informed him that he would not retract his statement?
(a) to find him another way where he could clear up his name
(b) that a threat by all his colleagues to resign would sufface
(c) to find him a good job replacement
(d) to stand up to those pressuring him to make a retraction

4. In Part 5, Chapter 28, on their way back to Prague, what did Tereza brood about?
(a) If she should pay the engineer a visit
(b) Tomas's continuous fidelity
(c) Naked pictures of her and the engineer
(d) Why the engineer never returned to the bar

5. What did Tomas catch Tereza do that upset him?
(a) make a grave for Karenin
(b) give Karenin chocolate
(c) read his letters
(d) search his desk

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the bald headed man at the bar accuse Tereza of that caused the engineer to step in?

2. How did Tereza feel about Tomas's son?

3. What did the U.S. Senator Sabina was riding with consider happiness?

4. What did Tereza fear it meant by the engineer never showing up again?

5. What privilege did Tomas want to grant Karenin that was forbidden to humans?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 5, Chapter 12, what incident with one of his lovers, who he always took to his friend's house, causes Tomas to be appalled?

2. After making love to the engineer, what does Tereza desire to do?

3. Does Tomas make a mistake by returning to Prague from Zurich?

4. In Part 4, Chapter 13, Tereza has a dream where she admits to the executioner that it wasn't her choice to come to the hill to die. Has she subconsciously renounced responsibility for her actions in order to proceed with what she wants to do?

5. How do people react as Tomas tries to decide whether or not to retract his article?

6. Why does Tomas resign from the clinic?

7. In Part 5, Chapter 10, what distinguishes the women who looks like a giraffe and a stork from others?

8. When talking to his son, Simon, what is Tomas's attitude about the article he had written?

9. What does the ambassador tell Tereza is the three functions of the secret police?

10. Was Tomas right in not having signed the petition?

(see the answer keys)

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