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

2. While Kostka is farming in western Bohemia, there are sightings of a young girl nobody knows. What do the children think she is?
(a) A vandal.
(b) A gypsy.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A fairy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of part four?

2. Who is the narrator in part five?

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

4. How long ago did Jaroslav's father die from the beginning of part four?

5. What does Kostka decide to do when he resigns from University?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Ludvik search for Lucie after she goes missing? How about after he is free from Ostrava?

2. What makes Kostka afraid of women?

3. Describe Jaroslav's dream at the beginning of part four.

4. How does Kostka justify leaving his wife and child?

5. How does Jaroslav describe the "Communists of the time," after his first year at University?

6. How does Jaroslav feel about Ludvik when they see each other after Ludvik's sentence at Ostrava?

7. What event called Kostka's Christianity into question by the administration at the University?

8. What happened to the historical music and literature of Czech nation in the nineteenth century?

9. How is Jaroslav's planning developing for the upcoming Ride of the Kings progressing?

10. How does Ludvik's memory of Helena differ from Helena in reality, upon their meeting in Moravia?

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