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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 name of the narrator of the first section of the novel?
(a) Helena.
(b) Milan.
(c) Jaroslav.
(d) Ludvik.

2. Who teaches Lucie about Christianity?
(a) Ludvik.
(b) Kostka.
(c) Marketa.
(d) Jaroslav.

3. What does Zemanek do at university?
(a) Lecture on math.
(b) Lecture on history.
(c) Lecture on Stalin.
(d) Lecture on Marxism.

4. Why does Ludvik want to have an affair with Helena?
(a) She is very beautiful.
(b) He hates her father.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He hates her husband.

5. What is Jaroslav's secret nickname for Ludvik?
(a) The Pied Piper.
(b) Little Jack Horner.
(c) Mary, quite contrary.
(d) Humpty-Dumpty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zemanek give Helena, his most favorite possession, as a gesture of reconciliation?

2. Helena believes that there is no split between what?

3. On what condition is Lucie allowed to stay in western Bohemia?

4. What is Helena doing the evening of the beginning of part two?

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

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