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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the only time Tereza and Tomas could talk to each other when they worked opposite shifts?

2. What did Sabina do to get back at Tomas for looking at his watch while they made love?

3. In chapter 1, where does Franza want to take Sabina?

4. What did Tereza suffer as a result of Tomas's affairs?

5. What term did Tereza use to express how she felt about life with her family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Marie-Claude's personality.

2. In Part 4, Chapter 3, describe the meeting of the the crowd of umbrellas in the street which Tereza encounters.

3. Why did Tomas initially reject the Swiss doctor's office to in Switzerland?

4. How does Franz expect Marie-Claude to react to his confession about his affairs and how does she actually respond?

5. What were books for Tereza?

6. In Part 3, Chapter 4, how does Sabina feel about her own unfairness towards the immigrants?

7. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what did Tomas struggle with after Tereza returned to her small Czech town?

8. How did Tereza react to her mother's phone call telling her she had cancer and only 5 months to live?

9. What did the dream about the naked women in the pool, who resembled each other and who were one by one executed by Tomas, represent?

10. What did Tereza write in the letter that she'd left for Tomas in Zurich?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If you were asked to retract a letter for the sake of saving your career, what would you do? Would you save your career or your pride? Write how Tomas's and Tereza's life would have had a different outcome if Tomas had retracted the letter.

Essay Topic 2

If you were living in Prague during the invasion, would you have fled the country? Where would you have gone? Would you have stayed for the love of your country and fellowmen knowing you may lose your job?

Essay Topic 3

Sabina and Marie-Claude are two of the coolest characters in this novel.

1. Comapre and contrast the characters of Sabina and Marie-Claude. How are they the same? How are they different?

2. Has Franza chosen a mistress that has similar characteristics to that of his wife? Cite 5 examples of how Franz fails to read through the women he married and his lover.

3. Who has less compassion towards Franz, his wife or Sabina? Cite several examples from the book to support your case.

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