2. Why did Kostka's fellow Christians dislike Communism?
(a) It fosters greed and dishonesty.
(b) It is immoral.
(c) It makes people work for a living.
(d) It is an atheistic system of government.

3. Who leads a traditional Moravian wedding?
(a) The groom.
(b) The bride.
(c) The witness.
(d) The patriarch.

4. What emotion alarms the narrator of part five just before meeting Helena?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Nervousness.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Dread.

5. Where does Kostka believe Ludvik is living, figuratively?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Limbo.
(d) Purgatory.

6. How did Ludvik feel about Helena after their first meeting?
(a) He wanted to throw her out of his office.
(b) He was very attracted to her.
(c) He respected journalists even more.
(d) He didn't feel anything.

7. What helped spread the resurgence of folk music in Jaroslav's university years?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Nihilism.

8. Why did Lucie spend time with the gang from her childhood?
(a) She was head of the gang.
(b) She didn't have anyone else.
(c) She loved one of the members.
(d) Her parents died.

9. Who discovered where the unknown girl was spending her nights?
(a) The director of the farm and a chairman of the Local Council.
(b) The doctor of western Bohemia
(c) A teacher from the school in the village.
(d) The police.

10. How does Ludvik persuade Helena to go into Kostka's flat?
(a) He wants to show her a genuine Moravian artifact.
(b) He tells her it is a genuine Moravian tavern.
(c) He pretends Kostka is home.
(d) He asks her to read the book he is writing.

11. How many boys were in the game from Lucie's childhood?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

12. Jaroslav states, "It's not your __________ that condemn you to to solitude, it's your __________."
(a) Enemies, friends.
(b) Opressors, allies.
(c) Allies, opressors.
(d) Friends, enemies.

13. Ludvik sees an old friend at the simulated baptism. What is the old friend's name?
(a) Helena.
(b) Lucie.
(c) Jaroslav.
(d) Kovalik.

14. What do Ludvik and Helena drink while waiting for lunch?
(a) Rye.
(b) Slivovitz.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Rum.

15. What instrument is Jaroslav's favorite in his house, of all his possessions?
(a) The harmonium.
(b) The cello.
(c) The violin.
(d) The viola.