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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. Who teaches Lucie about Christianity?

2. What does the narrator of part five really want for breakfast before meeting Helena?

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

4. How did the children help the unknown girl?

5. Where did Jaroslav go to University?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jaroslav's house.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 does Miss. Broz come to symbolize to Ludvik? Zemanek?

Essay Topic 2

Detail what happened to Ludvik's mother and what brought her to be buried in the manner she was laid to rest.

Essay Topic 3

Fully describe the ceremony of the Ride of the Kings. What is the significance of this ceremony in the book?

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