The Unbearable Lightness of Being Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 5, Chapter 2, who does the author attribute the works of the Communist regime of Central Europe?
(a) criminals who were after wealth
(b) enthusiasts convinced they had disvoered the only road to paradise
(c) enthusiasts who wanted power
(d) criminals who cared only about themselves

2. In Tereza's dream, what did Karenin give birth to?
(a) rolls, milk and butter
(b) a cow and a pig
(c) bees and honey
(d) two rolls and a bee

3. What did the chief surgeon request of Tomas?
(a) to consider his colleagues when deciding whether or not to make the retraction
(b) not to make a public retraction of his past statement
(c) to make a public retraction of his past statement
(d) to consider his family when making a public retraction

4. What type of work did Tomas do on the farm?
(a) raised pigs
(b) looked after the cows
(c) vet
(d) drove a truck

5. In Part 5, Chapter 23, Tomas has a dream of a woman he'd never met before, who was...
(a) resembles Sabina
(b) the woman of his dreams
(c) resembles Tereza in appearance but not in personality
(d) is strong like his mother

6. What helped ease Tereza's anxiety when she entered the engineer's house?
(a) Seeing he had book shelves
(b) Having a cup of soup
(c) Drinking a glass of wine
(d) Listening to Beethoven

7. What was the one thing Tomas associated the words "helping people" with?
(a) money
(b) courage
(c) medicine
(d) ideas

8. Why didn't Tomas and Tereza have children?
(a) Tomas could not have children
(b) Tomas did not want them
(c) Tereza could not have children
(d) Tereza did not want them

9. What had Simon done since childhood?
(a) forgave his father's wrongdoings
(b) searched for his father
(c) be angry with his father
(d) believe that his mother was the victim in the relationship

10. In Part 5, Chapter 25, why was it impossible for Tereza and Tomas to spend the night at the little town outside of Prague?
(a) the hotel where they normally stayed resembled a miniature Russia
(b) all its street signs were taken from Russian geography and history
(c) the town was still very affected by the days of the Soviet invasion
(d) the town's sign posts had disappeared because during the invasion people pulled them down

11. What does Tereza claim to Tomas during their dance at the hotel's bar?
(a) from the start, she'd tried to get him away from Sabina
(b) she regretted having been so jealous all those years
(c) she is very happy they are finally together alone
(d) it was her fault he ended up in the country

12. What did the bald headed man at the bar accuse Tereza of that caused the engineer to step in?
(a) prostitution
(b) being disrespectful to customers
(c) flirting with a 16 year old boy
(d) selling alcohol to a minor

13. What did Tereza feel she was doing by going to the engineer's house?
(a) She was following Tomas's command
(b) She was changing her life for good
(c) She was deceiving Tomas
(d) She was breaking free from Tomas

14. How did Tomas end up being a window washer?
(a) by not signing a letter the secret police requested of him
(b) by signing a petition
(c) by having his conversation about Communists wired and publicized
(d) by saying terrible things about the secret police in front of the man from the Ministry

15. What concerned Tomas about moving to the country?
(a) he would have difficulty finding a new woman every week
(b) he would be bored by the slow lifestyle
(c) he could no longer practice medicine
(d) he would never be able to escape Tereza

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Tomas say is much more important than sending petitions to a president?

3. The man who visited Tomas at the clinic where Tomas was a general practitioner introduced himself as...

4. Why was Tomas called to the editor's office?

5. What happened when the interpreter that headed the march requested permission to enter the territory of Cambodia?

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