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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 had Simon done since childhood?
(a) believe that his mother was the victim in the relationship
(b) searched for his father
(c) forgave his father's wrongdoings
(d) be angry with his father

2. In Part 4, Chapter 8, what did Tereza know had become of her and Tomas?
(a) He grew more and more distant as time went on
(b) Their love had died
(c) They had become a burdon on each other
(d) She had become a burdon on him

3. What was Sabina's fantasy about her and Tomas?
(a) Tomas being seated on the toilet while she watches
(b) She being seated on a toilet while he watches
(c) Tomas watching her make love to another man
(d) Tomas tearing off her clothes

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

5. Why did Tomas's son write a letter to Tomas when they were living in the country?
(a) he missed him terribly
(b) he wanted his father to know his wife and children
(c) he wanted to visit him
(d) he wanted his father to focus his eyes on his life

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 5, Chapter 12, the author states that love begins with a...

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

3. How did Tomas end up being a window washer?

4. Sabina liked America...

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is "kitsch?"

3. 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?

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. 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?

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

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

8. In Part 7, Chapter 4, why does Tereza think that her love for Karenin is better than the love between her and Tomas?

9. 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?

10. What does the article about the dogs being summarily shot in Russia signify for Tereza?

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