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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. What brought Jaroslav and Ludvik together when they were young boys?

2. What was the narrator of part five doing just before the narration begins?

3. Who leads a traditional Moravian wedding?

4. Ludvik sees an old friend at the simulated baptism. What is the old friend's name?

5. How did Jaroslav meet his future wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Kostka afraid of women?

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the difference between Ludvik and Kostka's perceived relationship, according to Kostka.

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

9. What does Christian living mean to Kostka?

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

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

Describe the altercation between Jaroslav and Vlasta at the end of "The Joke". How does their fight reflect their whole relationship?

Essay Topic 3

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

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