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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author describes kitsch as the absolute denial of
(a) betrayal
(b) untruth
(c) ugliness
(d) shit

2. In Part 5, Chapter 28, what did Tereza want to tell Tomas on their way back to Prague?
(a) she wanted them to move to the country
(b) she wanted to quit her job at the bar
(c) to do something that would help stop her jealousy
(d) about her affair with the engineer

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

4. 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

5. How did Tereza feel in the country?
(a) sad
(b) lonely
(c) happy
(d) energetic

Short Answer Questions

1. For Karenin, everything that came from Tereza was...

2. What were Soviet films saturated with?

3. What most repelled Sabina of Communism?

4. What did Tereza long to end?

5. What helped ease Tereza's anxiety when she entered the engineer's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Tomas's experience as a window washer.

2. Why does Tereza yearn to make love to other men?

3. Prior to suggesting they move there, what experience has Tereza had with country life?

4. What causes Tereza to suspect the engineer was sent by the secret police?

5. In Part 7, Chapter 4, why does Tereza think that her love for Karenin is better than the love between her and Tomas?

6. In Part 5, Chapter 10, what distinguishes the women who looks like a giraffe and a stork from others?

7. What does the ambassador tell Tereza is the three functions of the secret police?

8. Is it Tereza's fault that Tomas had to leave his profession and ended up a truck driver in the country?

9. Why does Franz change his mind and decide to go to Cambodia?

10. What is "kitsch?"

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