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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 5, Chapter 25, why was it impossible for Tereza and Tomas to spend the night at the little town outside of Prague?
(a) the hotel where they normally stayed resembled a miniature Russia
(b) the town was still very affected by the days of the Soviet invasion
(c) all its street signs were taken from Russian geography and history
(d) the town's sign posts had disappeared because during the invasion people pulled them down

2. The difference between Tereza and other women is that Tereza had come to Tomas...
(a) with confidence
(b) uncovered
(c) innocent
(d) untouched

3. How did Tomas end up being a window washer?
(a) by saying terrible things about the secret police in front of the man from the Ministry
(b) by signing a petition
(c) by not signing a letter the secret police requested of him
(d) by having his conversation about Communists wired and publicized

4. In Tereza's dream, what did Karenin give birth to?
(a) bees and honey
(b) two rolls and a bee
(c) rolls, milk and butter
(d) a cow and a pig

5. The man who visited Tomas at the clinic where Tomas was a general practitioner introduced himself as...
(a) Ministry of Health
(b) Ministry of Culture
(c) Ministry of Education
(d) Ministry of the Interior

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Franzy initially reject the invitation to march in Cambodia?

3. What was Sabina's fantasy about her and Tomas?

4. Standing in the anteroom, what saved Tereza from the temptation to burst out crying in the engineer's presence, and thus, fall in love with him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Is it Tereza's fault that Tomas had to leave his profession and ended up a truck driver in the country?

3. 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?

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

5. What did Tereza worry would happen if Tomas found out about her affair with the engineer?

6. Why does Franz change his mind and decide to go to Cambodia?

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

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

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

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

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