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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator doing when part four begins?

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

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

5. How old was Kostka's child when he was made to decide his stance on religion in the Party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Jaroslav imagine his mother?

4. Describe the Helena Ludvik is finally attracted to.

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

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

7. What makes Kostka afraid of women?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What brings Ludvik back to folk music? What does this return symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

Outline Kostka's belief system and the major fallacies reflected in the life he leads.

Essay Topic 3

What makes Lucie afraid of physical intimacy and how is it overcome?

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