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

2. When asked to sign the letter, why didn't Tomas give the secret policeman an immediate and unconditional "no"?
(a) he was afraid of losing his job
(b) He feared they would print the statement with or without his consent
(c) he wanted to first talk it over with Tereza
(d) he wanted time to convince himself to sign

3. What did Tereza refuse to bring along on her walk with Tomas and Karenin?
(a) chocolate
(b) a leash
(c) a camera
(d) a roll

4. How did Tereza feel about Tomas's son?
(a) she wanted to go visit him and his family
(b) she wanted Tomas to invite him over
(c) she prefered they let him alone
(d) she was upset Tomas had never mentioned him before

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sabina rebel agains?

2. In Part 5, Chapter 28, what did Tereza want to tell Tomas on their way back to Prague?

3. Why didn't Tomas and Tereza have children?

4. At the engineer's house, what made Tereza feel as though TOmas had purposely left a trace?

5. Who were many of Tomas's private customers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. Describe Tomas's work at the clinic.

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

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

8. 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?

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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