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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 emotion alarms the narrator of part five just before meeting Helena?
(a) Nervousness.
(b) Dread.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Indifference.

2. When Ludvik was a young boy in school, financial troubles almost prevented his continuing education. Who saved Ludvik in the eleventh hour?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandmother.

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

4. What year did Kostka meet Ludvik?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1940.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Even though Ludvik senses Helena is ready to consummate their affair, he decides to take his time. What do they do first?

3. Why does Ludvik want to have an affair with Helena?

4. What was Lucie caught stealing before she left Ostrava?

5. What does Ludvik order for lunch with Helena?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What makes Kostka afraid of women?

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

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

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

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

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

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