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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 did the chief surgeon request of Tomas?
(a) to consider his colleagues when deciding whether or not to make the retraction
(b) not to make a public retraction of his past statement
(c) to consider his family when making a public retraction
(d) to make a public retraction of his past statement

2. In Part 5, Chapter 7, Tomas recalls how after leaving Zurich for Prague, he felt he...
(a) he should have run away from his cage, not return to it
(b) was destined to always remain with Tereza
(c) had been led to Tereza by a chain of laughable coincidences
(d) did not really love Tereza

3. How did Tomas describe the editor to the man from the Ministry?
(a) He was fat
(b) He was tall
(c) He was skinny
(d) He was short

4. What did Tereza fear it meant by the engineer never showing up again?
(a) He was sent by the drunk bald headed man
(b) He was sent by one of Tomas's women
(c) He was sick minded and had lured her there to take pictures
(d) He was sent by the secret police

5. How did Tomas's hospital colleagues react when he saw Tomas at the window shop?
(a) ashamed
(b) sympathetic
(c) happy
(d) encouraging

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Tomas's son as a result of the petition campaign?

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

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

4. Sabina liked America...

5. What disease did Karenin have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Simon's relationship with his mother.

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. In Part 5, Chapter 17, what episode both amuses and horrifies Tomas, proving that he is as tired mentally as he is physically?

10. What does Franz realize at the end of his trip to Cambodia?

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