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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 Sabina refuse to do in life?

2. In Tereza's eyes, what did books represent?

3. What did Franz say about New York?

4. What did Marie-Claude threaten her husband with twenty years prior?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Tereza's dreams about?

2. What did the bowler hat represent for Sabina?

3. 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?

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

5. Describe Marie-Claude's personality.

6. Describe Franz's love for Sabina.

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

8. What happens to Franz after Sabina leaves him for good?

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

10. Why does Franz take part in every possible demonstration in Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

On a number of occasions, Tomas questions his relationship with Tereza.

1. How many times does Tomas question his relationship with Tereza? Use specific examples that include the when, where and why?

2. Had Tomas not followed Tereza back to Prague, what type of lifestyle would he have pursued?

3. Tomas dreams of a woman he has not yet met. She is the one for Tomas. What kind of woman would have been more compatible with Tomas? What prevents Tomas from letting go of Tereza to find a happier relationship?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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