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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 was the one thing Tomas associated the words "helping people" with?
(a) courage
(b) ideas
(c) medicine
(d) money

2. 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) Naked pictures of her and the engineer
(c) Why the engineer never returned to the bar
(d) Tomas's continuous fidelity

3. In one of her dreams, what was it that Tereza saw floating downstream as she stared at the river?
(a) Prague's secret police
(b) Prague's street signs
(c) Prague's castles and churches
(d) Prague's park benches

4. What did Tereza understand the benches floating downstream to mean in her dream?
(a) death
(b) a farewell
(c) she was no longer going to be a burdon
(d) something bad was about to happen

5. What did the man from the Ministry want from Tomas?
(a) to transfer to another clinic
(b) to tell the truth about who the editor was
(c) to make a public apology
(d) to sign a letter

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tomas say is much more important than sending petitions to a president?

2. The difference between Tereza and other women is that Tereza had come to Tomas...

3. For Karenin, everything that came from Tereza was...

4. In what condition did Tereza and Karenin find the black crow under?

5. In Part 6, Chapter 11, who does Sabina claim is her enemy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Prior to suggesting they move there, what experience has Tereza had with country life?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. In the end, Tereza knows she has reached her goals. What are her goals?

5. What causes Tereza to suspect the engineer was sent by the secret police?

6. Describe Tomas's work at the clinic.

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

8. Why does Tereza yearn to make love to other men?

9. What is "kitsch?"

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

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