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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the narrator of part five doing just before the narration begins?
(a) Eating.
(b) Walking.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Traveling.

2. How much longer was Kostka at University after Ludvik was expelled?
(a) Three years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

3. What does Kostka decide to do when he resigns from University?
(a) Take a year off.
(b) Work at a state farm.
(c) Become a journalist.
(d) Work at a mine.

4. Who is the narrator in part five?
(a) Zemanek.
(b) Ludvik.
(c) Jaroslav.
(d) Lucie.

5. How far back does Jaroslav trace his beloved music back in history? Where do the musical roots begin?
(a) Egyptian Pyramid culture.
(b) Genghis Kahn's armies.
(c) Ancient Greece.
(d) The Hungarians.

6. When Zemanek spoke out against Ludvik in his hearing about the postcard, he quotes one person at length. Who is it?
(a) Julius Fucik.
(b) Gustav Husak.
(c) Alexander Dubcek.
(d) Joseph Stalin.

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

8. Who gave Helena the pendant she wears?
(a) Zemanek.
(b) Ludvik.
(c) Her child.
(d) Her father.

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

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

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

12. What was Lucie caught stealing before she left Ostrava?
(a) Milk from a shepherd.
(b) Clothes from a laundry.
(c) Food from children.
(d) Flowers from a graveyard.

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

14. What is Helena's favorite word?
(a) Fabulous.
(b) Pure.
(c) Marvelous.
(d) Divine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of headstone marked the grave of Ludvik's mother?

2. What year did Kostka meet Ludvik?

3. Why doesn't Lucie want to return to her father?

4. What helped spread the resurgence of folk music in Jaroslav's university years?

5. What does Ludvik order for lunch with Helena?

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