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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kostka reveals how he feels about Ludvik. What does Kostka call Ludvik?
(a) His mentor.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His idol.
(d) His adversary.

2. What does Kostka decide to do when he resigns from University?
(a) Take a year off.
(b) Work at a state farm.
(c) Become a journalist.
(d) Work at a mine.

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

4. Why doesn't Lucie want to return to her father?
(a) He is in prison.
(b) He used to beat her.
(c) He is an invalid and she doesn't want to care for him.
(d) His new wife won't allow Lucie to stay with them.

5. What did the director of the state-farm call Lucie?
(a) "The little fairy-princess."
(b) "The best cook in all of Bohemia."
(c) "The little shephardess who could."
(d) "The little grave robber."

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ludvik and Helena drink while waiting for lunch?

2. How did Jaroslav meet his future wife?

3. What year did Kostka meet Ludvik?

4. While Kostka is farming in western Bohemia, there are sightings of a young girl nobody knows. What do the children think she is?

5. What instrument is Jaroslav's favorite in his house, of all his possessions?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Christian living mean to Kostka?

6. Describe Jaroslav's house.

7. Why did Zemanek read Fucik at Ludvik's hearing?

8. Describe the Helena Ludvik is finally attracted to.

9. What makes Kostka afraid of women?

10. What moved Jaroslav to become Vlasta's "protector?"

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