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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who looks after Lucie after she starts at the state-farm?
(a) Ludvik.
(b) Helena.
(c) Kostka.
(d) Jaroslav.
2. Who gave Helena the pendant she wears?
(a) Her child.
(b) Her father.
(c) Zemanek.
(d) Ludvik.
3. What emotion alarms the narrator of part five just before meeting Helena?
(a) Nervousness.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Dread.
4. What does Ludvik's friend call the simulated, state-approved baptism?
(a) "Registration of baby-comrades."
(b) "The assimilation rite."
(c) "Welcoming new citizens to life."
(d) "Meeting of infant-citizens."
5. What does the narrator of part five have for breakfast before meeting Helena?
(a) Coffee and toast.
(b) A hearty breakfast and a shot of vodka.
(c) Cocoa and two rolls.
(d) Potato pancakes.
Short Answer Questions
1. Kostka reveals how he feels about Ludvik. What does Kostka call Ludvik?
2. What do Ludvik and Helena drink while waiting for lunch?
3. Who is the narrator in part five?
4. While Kostka is farming in western Bohemia, there are sightings of a young girl nobody knows. What do the children think she is?
5. Who teaches Lucie about Christianity?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jaroslav describe the "Communists of the time," after his first year at University?
2. Describe the way Ludvik is successful in his seduction of Helena.
3. What does Christian living mean to Kostka?
4. Describe Kostka's analysis of Ludvik - what does Kostka feel Ludvik's deepest motives are?
5. Describe the Helena Ludvik is finally attracted to.
6. Why does Ludvik say that women don't talk about their husbands to their lovers?
7. What moved Jaroslav to become Vlasta's "protector?"
8. How does Ludvik describe his first meeting with Helena?
9. How does Kostka justify leaving his wife and child?
10. How does Ludvik's memory of Helena differ from Helena in reality, upon their meeting in Moravia?
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