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

2. The only person Lucie related her past to is Kostka. Who is the only person Kostka told?
(a) Ludvik.
(b) The director of the state-farm.
(c) Jaroslav.
(d) Marketa.

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

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

5. Who teaches Lucie about Christianity?
(a) Jaroslav.
(b) Kostka.
(c) Marketa.
(d) Ludvik.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who looks after Lucie after she starts at the state-farm?

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

3. Who is Vladimir?

4. Kostka reveals how he feels about Ludvik. What does Kostka call Ludvik?

5. Where did Jaroslav go to University?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Kostka feel about how he treated Lucie, when he reflects back?

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

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

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

7. How does Ludvik describe his first meeting with Helena?

8. Why does Ludvik say that women don't talk about their husbands to their lovers?

9. Describe Jaroslav's house.

10. Describe the Helena Ludvik is finally attracted to.

(see the answer keys)

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