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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 Tereza see in the crow's solitude and desolation?
(a) a reflection of her own fate
(b) that it was a good thing not to have children
(c) that the world was a lonely place
(d) that the world was a cruel place

2. What was Franz's initial reaction when he was invited to go to Cambodia?
(a) thrilled
(b) bothered
(c) indifferent
(d) angry

3. Sabina liked America...
(a) only when she went there with Franz
(b) only on the surface
(c) because she had no trouble selling her paintings
(d) because it gave her complete freedom

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

5. In Part 7, Chapter 6, what animal does Tereza dream of?
(a) a dog
(b) a horse
(c) a mouse
(d) a rabbit

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tomas feel after the petition was published?

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

3. At the end of the novel, Tereza feels that if she really had loved Tomas with a great love, she would have...

4. In one of her dreams, what was it that Tereza saw floating downstream as she stared at the river?

5. What was the only reason Simon became involved with the editor?

Short Essay Questions

1. After making love to the engineer, what does Tereza desire to do?

2. Describe Simon's relationship with his mother.

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. Why does Tomas resign from the clinic?

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

10. Describe Tomas's work at the clinic.

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