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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six: Kostka.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator doing when part four begins?
(a) Working.
(b) Writing.
(c) Eating.
(d) Daydreaming.

2. What does Ludvik think of this woman's voice who shaved him?
(a) It is the voice of a stranger.
(b) It is the voice he recognizes most.
(c) It is very soothing.
(d) It is very formal and cold.

3. What music does Jaroslav compare to folk music?
(a) Baroque.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Chamber.

4. How many mothers sit in a semi-circle in the simulated baptism in part five?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

5. How many empty chairs are at the barber where Ludvik goes to get a shave?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who narrates part three of "The Joke"?

2. What does Helena's co-workers say about her at work?

3. Why did Kostka's fellow Christians dislike Communism?

4. How much money does Ludvik pull out of his pocket to pay the woman for his shave?

5. What was Helena doing at the age of eighteen?

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