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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 Tomas say is much more important than sending petitions to a president?
(a) leading demonstrations
(b) digging a half-buried crow out of the ground
(c) performing surgery on people
(d) writing articles

2. 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?
(a) his arrogance
(b) his harsh voice
(c) his unpleasant voice
(d) his crude manners

3. Tomas had come to medicine by...
(a) calculation
(b) a deep desire
(c) coincidence
(d) need for prestige

4. At the end of the novel, Tereza feels that if she really had loved Tomas with a great love, she would have...
(a) not been jealous of his affairs
(b) been more appreciative of his love
(c) stuck it out with him abroad
(d) allowed Tomas to resume his medical practice

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 Education
(c) Ministry of Culture
(d) Ministry of the Interior

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tereza refuse to bring along on her walk with Tomas and Karenin?

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

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

4. What desire led to Tomas's pursuit of women?

5. How did Tomas describe the editor to the man from the Ministry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Simon's relationship with his mother.

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

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