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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. How old was Kostka's child when he was made to decide his stance on religion in the Party?
(a) Ten years old.
(b) One year old.
(c) Five years old.
(d) Three years old.

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

3. After Helena arrives in Moravia, where does she go first?
(a) The church.
(b) The milk bar.
(c) Her hotel.
(d) The cafeteria.

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

5. Where does Kostka believe Ludvik is living, figuratively?
(a) Limbo.
(b) Hell.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Purgatory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of part five have for breakfast before meeting Helena?

2. What brought Jaroslav and Ludvik together when they were young boys?

3. On what condition is Lucie allowed to stay in western Bohemia?

4. Where did Jaroslav go to University?

5. The only person Lucie related her past to is Kostka. Who is the only person Kostka told?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Christian living mean to Kostka?

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Kostka's analysis of Ludvik - what does Kostka feel Ludvik's deepest motives are?

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

9. Describe the Helena Ludvik is finally attracted to.

10. How does Jaroslav imagine his mother?

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