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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. What did Marie-Claude's say about the serious car accident she once had?

2. What did Franz do during sex that Sabina disliked?

3. Where did Tomas and Tereza meet?

4. Who did Franz respect and worship?

5. Why did Tereza's mother marryTereza's father

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tereza feel when she stood naked in front of Sabina as Sabina photographed her?

2. Describe Franz's weakness.

3. What does the word "woman" represent for Franz?

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

5. What were Tereza's dreams about?

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

7. What is Tereza's relationship with her body?

8. 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?

9. What is Sabina's views on conflict?

10. Describe Franz's love for Sabina.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If you were in Tereza's shoes, what would you have done to survive Tomas's infidelities, assuming you did not want to leave him? Had Tomas stopped having affairs, what kind of woman would Tereza have become? What kind of relationship would they have shared? Would Tomas been able to have Tereza as the only woman in his life, or would he have discovered they were incompatible? Would having children made a difference in their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Tomas and Tereza's love is based on her fidelity.

1. Did Tereza's infidelity help her achieve her goal of having Tomas all to herself? What would have happened had Tereza not had an affair? Did her infidelity cure her from jealousy?

2. Tereza does not believe that Tomas would throw her out if he learns of her affair. What then would Tomas have done? How would him knowing have changed the nature of their relationship?

3. Had Tereza not given up her life to Tomas, making him certain of her fidelity, would he have fallen in love with her and married her? What does your answer say about his character?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the three options to write about:

1. The influence of women on the various characters: Tereza's mother on Tereza, Franz's mother on Franz, Tomas's wife on Tomas and Simon's mother on Simon.

2. The influence of communism on the various characters: Tomas, Sabina, Simon, Tereza.

3. The result of infidelity on Tereza, Tomas, Sabina, Franz and Marie-Claude.

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