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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Seven: Ludvik, Jaroslav, Helena.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator doing when part four begins?
(a) Eating.
(b) Working.
(c) Writing.
(d) Daydreaming.

2. Moravia reminds the narrator of what city?
(a) Brno.
(b) Ostrava.
(c) Bratislava.
(d) Prague.

3. What brought Jaroslav and Ludvik together when they were young boys?
(a) They were both very smart.
(b) They both liked to go fishing.
(c) They were both half-orphans.
(d) They are cousins.

4. How did Jaroslav meet his future wife?
(a) She cared for his sick father.
(b) She danced in his ensemble.
(c) She tended a farm next door to Jaroslav.
(d) She mended his clothes in a shop.

5. What is the name of the narrator of the first section of the novel?
(a) Milan.
(b) Helena.
(c) Ludvik.
(d) Jaroslav.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many mothers sit in a semi-circle in the simulated baptism in part five?

2. After Helena arrives in Moravia, where does she go first?

3. What did Zemanek say to Helena in the heat of an argument when their daughter was five?

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

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

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