The Unbearable Lightness Of Being: Part 1
- 1.Where do we, the reader, first encounter Tomas?
- A.
In the cafe, meeting Tereza for the first time.
- B.
In the window, contemplating his fate.
- C.
When the Russian tanks occupied Prague.
- D.
With his mistress, Sabina in her studio.
- 2.What is the BEST symbol of Amor Fati, or acceptance of one's fate?
- A.
Teresa's camera
- B.
The bowler hat
- C.
Karenin, the dog
- D.
Teresa's suitcase
- 3.Why is Teresa compared to Moses?
- A.
Her ability to prophesize her fate in the war.
- B.
Her child-like need to be nurtured by Tomas.
- C.
Her old-fashioned and provencial morals.
- D.
Her journey across the Thames river to reach Tomas.
- 4."Ess Muss Sein" refers to
- A.
The fact that we must accept our fate in life
- B.
The role of Beethoven in our lives as a motif
- C.
The music that Tomas falls in love with in Austria
- D.
The dichotomy of lightness and weight in life
- 5.Which character BEST supports the theme of lightness?
- A.
Tomas
- B.
Tereza
- C.
Sabina
- D.
Beethoven
- 6.What is the BEST definition of compassion in regard to Tomas and Tereza's relationship?
- A.
Sympathetic pity
- B.
Unaltered love
- C.
Emotional telepathy
- D.
Sussurus longing
- 7.What does Dubcek do when he returns to Czechloslovakia?
- A.
He implores for the people to surrender to the Prussians.
- B.
He asks to be imprisoned Siberia instead of being hanged.
- C.
He orders more tanks and soldiers to defeat the Russians.
- D.
He stammers through his speech like a defeated coward.
- 8.What does Tereza's nightmare represent?
- A.
Her inability to reconcile her body and soul's needs.
- B.
Her insecurity about Tomas' reverence of her in their relationship.
- C.
Her gross fear of dying in a Soviet concentration camp.
- D.
Her depression in leaving Prague for Switzerland.
- 9.Why does Tereza clutch Tomas' hand in sleep?
- A.
It represents her fear of death.
- B.
It shows how she fears him leaving.
- C.
It symbolizes their love and unity.
- D.
It demonstrates her child-like naivity.
- 10.Why does Tomas abandon his son?
- A.
He did not want to pay for the child's schooling.
- B.
He could not follow the mother to Prague.
- C.
He tired of fighting the mother for him.
- D.
He could not betray Tereza by choosing him.
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