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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. Ludvik sees an old friend at the simulated baptism. What is the old friend's name?
(a) Kovalik.
(b) Jaroslav.
(c) Helena.
(d) Lucie.

2. How does Ludvik persuade Helena to go into Kostka's flat?
(a) He pretends Kostka is home.
(b) He tells her it is a genuine Moravian tavern.
(c) He wants to show her a genuine Moravian artifact.
(d) He asks her to read the book he is writing.

3. What does Ludvik order for lunch with Helena?
(a) Fried cheese.
(b) Roulade of beef and another round of rye, with a soda chaser.
(c) Chicken and vegetables with another round of rye.
(d) Local bean stew and beer.

4. Why doesn't Lucie want to return to her father?
(a) He is an invalid and she doesn't want to care for him.
(b) He used to beat her.
(c) He is in prison.
(d) His new wife won't allow Lucie to stay with them.

5. What does the narrator of part five have for breakfast before meeting Helena?
(a) Potato pancakes.
(b) Coffee and toast.
(c) A hearty breakfast and a shot of vodka.
(d) Cocoa and two rolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Ludvik play when he was a schoolboy?

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

3. How does the narrator of part five kill time before meeting Helena?

4. How far back does Jaroslav trace his beloved music back in history? Where do the musical roots begin?

5. Where does Lucie's father live?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Helena Ludvik is finally attracted to.

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

4. What makes Kostka afraid of women?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Jaroslav imagine his mother?

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