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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. What instrument did Ludvik play when he was a schoolboy?
(a) A violin.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A clarinet.

2. How many mothers sit in a semi-circle in the simulated baptism in part five?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Two.

3. 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 ghost.
(b) A gypsy.
(c) A fairy.
(d) A vandal.

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

5. Where did Jaroslav go to University?
(a) Brno.
(b) Prague.
(c) Bratislava.
(d) Frankfurt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ludvik and Helena drink while waiting for lunch?

2. Who gave Helena the pendant she wears?

3. What brought Jaroslav home from University earlier than expected?

4. What is Jaroslav's secret nickname for Ludvik?

5. What is Jaroslav particularly fond of, as he details in part four?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Kostka feel about Ludvik defending him to the University?

2. Describe the difference between Ludvik and Kostka's perceived relationship, according to Kostka.

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

4. Describe the Helena Ludvik is finally attracted to.

5. Why did Zemanek read Fucik at Ludvik's hearing?

6. How does Kovalik suggest to Ludvik the people have come around to accepting state-sponsored rites of passage in the place of religious ceremonies?

7. Describe the way Ludvik is successful in his seduction of Helena.

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

9. Describe Jaroslav's house.

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

(see the answer keys)

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