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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 Part 4, Chapter 13, Tereza has a nightmare where certain words prevent a man from shooting her. What were her words?
(a) Don't do it!
(b) But it wasn't my choice
(c) You don't have the right
(d) Help me, please!

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

3. What did the bald headed man at the bar accuse Tereza of that caused the engineer to step in?
(a) flirting with a 16 year old boy
(b) selling alcohol to a minor
(c) prostitution
(d) being disrespectful to customers

4. What distinguished the woman Tomas met in chapter 10 from other women?
(a) She had red hair
(b) She was taller than him
(c) She was very plump
(d) She had a masculine voice

5. What did Tereza do the moment after she had sex with the engineer?
(a) Beg him not to tell anyone
(b) Spit in his face
(c) Think of suicide
(d) Sob in his arms

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When asked to sign the letter, why didn't Tomas give the secret policeman an immediate and unconditional "no"?

3. The author describes kitsch as the absolute denial of

4. What did Tomas feel the first day he reported to the window washer job?

5. What was the one thing Tomas associated the words "helping people" with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Tomas's experience as a window washer.

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

3. Kundera writes, whenever a single political movement corners power, we find ourselves in the realm of totalitarian kitsch. What does he mean by the word "totalitarian?"

4. Kundera claims that the way Tomas rushes into the decision to leave the clinic seems rather odd. He asks, could it perhaps conceal something else, something deeper that escapes Toma s's reasoning? What is the answer to his question?

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

6. 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?

7. What is at stake if Tomas does not retract the article he wrote?

8. Why does Tomas resign from the clinic?

9. Describe Tomas's work at the clinic.

10. Once she's in his home, how does Tereza behave that announces she does not condone what is happening (the lovemaking) between her and the engineer?

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