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

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

3. How many years did Jaroslav and Ludvik share a school bench when they were younger?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Five years.

4. What event brought Ludvik and Kostka together for their first conversation?
(a) Ludvik stands up for Kostka's religious freedom.
(b) Ludvik stands up for Kostka's girlfriend.
(c) Kostka stands up for Ludvik's intellectual freedom.
(d) Kostka stands up for Marketa.

5. How long ago did Jaroslav's father die from the beginning of part four?
(a) Two years ago.
(b) Four months ago.
(c) Three weeks ago.
(d) One year ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is engraved on the silver pendant Helena wears?

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

3. How much longer was Kostka at University after Ludvik was expelled?

4. Where does Kostka believe Ludvik is living, figuratively?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Jaroslav's house.

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

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

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

7. Describe the Helena Ludvik is finally attracted to.

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

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

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

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