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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What event brought Ludvik and Kostka together for their first conversation?
(a) Ludvik stands up for Kostka's girlfriend.
(b) Ludvik stands up for Kostka's religious freedom.
(c) Kostka stands up for Marketa.
(d) Kostka stands up for Ludvik's intellectual freedom.

3. How far back does Jaroslav trace his beloved music back in history? Where do the musical roots begin?
(a) Ancient Greece.
(b) Genghis Kahn's armies.
(c) Egyptian Pyramid culture.
(d) The Hungarians.

4. Where does Kostka believe Ludvik is living, figuratively?
(a) Hell.
(b) Purgatory.
(c) Limbo.
(d) Heaven.

5. How many boys were in the game from Lucie's childhood?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

6. Where do Ludvik and Helena have lunch after she arrives in Moravia?
(a) The People's Room.
(b) The Pig.
(c) The House of People.
(d) The Goat.

7. What was the narrator of part five doing just before the narration begins?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Walking.
(d) Eating.

8. Who discovered where the unknown girl was spending her nights?
(a) The police.
(b) The doctor of western Bohemia
(c) The director of the farm and a chairman of the Local Council.
(d) A teacher from the school in the village.

9. Why does Ludvik want to have an affair with Helena?
(a) He hates her husband.
(b) She is very beautiful.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He hates her father.

10. Who looks after Lucie after she starts at the state-farm?
(a) Jaroslav.
(b) Kostka.
(c) Ludvik.
(d) Helena.

11. How does the narrator of part five kill time before meeting Helena?
(a) Reads a paper and goes into a church.
(b) Takes a nap.
(c) Sits on a bench for two hours.
(d) Visits all the old childhood haunts.

12. How does Helena describe Ludvik during their lunch together.
(a) Indirect.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Verbose.
(d) Straightforward.

13. After what family event did Ludvik denounce the Church?
(a) His mother's second wedding.
(b) His aunt's funeral.
(c) His cousin's wedding.
(d) His mother's funeral.

14. How many years did Jaroslav and Ludvik share a school bench when they were younger?
(a) Three years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Eight years.

15. What is Jaroslav's secret nickname for Ludvik?
(a) Mary, quite contrary.
(b) The Pied Piper.
(c) Little Jack Horner.
(d) Humpty-Dumpty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of part five have for breakfast before meeting Helena?

2. Where did Jaroslav go to University?

3. According to Ludvik, what is the one good feature about newspapers?

4. What year did Kostka meet Ludvik?

5. After Ludvik's exile and return, Jaroslav asks Ludvik to join him where?

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