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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 is Franz's profession?
2. Who helped Tereza better understand photography?
3. What did Marie-Claude's say about the serious car accident she once had?
4. What was the first piece of furniture Franz ever bought for himself?
5. What did Franz like to take part in?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Tereza's relationship with her body?
2. In Part 2, Chapter 29, what were Tereza's first thought when Tomas had come back to Prague because of her?
3. Describe Franz's weakness.
4. Why did Tomas initially reject the Swiss doctor's office to in Switzerland?
5. What did Tereza write in the letter that she'd left for Tomas in Zurich?
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 Sabina's views on conflict?
8. What type of daughter was Tereza? What was her lifestyle like?
9. What happens to Franz after Sabina leaves him for good?
10. Describe Franz's love for Sabina.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Kundera has an entire section about misunderstood words between Franz and Sabina.
1. Was misunderstandings of words what led to Franz's and Sabina's break-up or were they simply not meant to be together? Cite 3 examples that support your theory.
2. had Sabina and Franz really been in love, would there have been a misunderstanding of words? Cite examples to prove your theory.
3. In Franz's case, was there a misunderstanding of words or a misunderstanding of women? How did Franz's upbringing affect his personality? Cite 3 examples of how his upbringing influenced the relationships he ended up having with women.
Essay Topic 2
Choose one of the three options to write about:
1. Throughout The Unbearable Lightness of Being, the question of weight and lightness is often used to describe the reason behind a character's actions. Discuss which characters are pursuing lightness, which characters are more pursuing weight. Tomas, Tereza, Franz and Sabina.
2. Recurring dreams have a strong impact on Tereza. These dreams interpret her inner struggle with Tomas's affairs. Cite 3 dreams that were particularly frightening for Tereza.
3. Throughout The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera expresses quite a few observations about the Communist Regime and the people that oppose them. Cite 3 views that adrress those views.
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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