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Precte si uvazek z analyzy ceskych medii: 'Novinarska investigace se v Cechach potyka s novinárskym prostredi, ktere je citlive na ekonomicke tlaky inzerentu.' Co implukuje tato kriticka poznamka? (Read: 'Journalistic investigation in Czech Republic faces an environment sensitive to economic pressures from advertisers.' What does this critical remark imply?)

Novinari preferuji psani o ekonomice nad jinym tematy

Existuje riziko editorialniho self-cenzurovani v du redakcni-ekonomicke zavislostin na inzerentech

Inzerenti v Cechach jsou vesmes pozitivni spolecnosti

Ceska investigativni zurrnalistika je financovana vladou

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Czech C2 (CCE) certifies mastery-level Czech including literary and archaic registers, administered by Charles University ÚJOP; required for Czech language teachers and literary professionals.

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1Precte si uvazek: 'Byl to muz, jenz nesl tizu sveta na svych bedrech, aniz by si toho byl vedom - tichy Atlas moderni doby.' (Read the excerpt: 'He was a man who bore the weight of the world on his shoulders, without being aware of it - a silent Atlas of the modern age.') Jaky literarni prostredek je pouzit ve spojeni 'tichy Atlas moderni doby'? (What literary device is used in 'silent Atlas of the modern age'?)

A.Litotes (zaporne vyjadreni pozitivniho)

B.Aluzivni metafora (allusive metaphor)

C.Synekdocha (synecdoche)

D.Eufemismus (euphemism)

Explanation: The phrase 'silent Atlas of the modern age' is an allusive metaphor (aluzivni metafora): it references the Greek titan Atlas who held up the sky, applying this mythological image to the character's silent burden. The allusion enriches the metaphor with classical weight. Litotes would require a negation; synecdoche would substitute a part for the whole; euphemism would soften something unpleasant.

2V Capkove R.U.R. (1920) slovo 'robot' pochazi z: (In Capek's R.U.R. (1920), the word 'robot' derives from:)

A.Latiinskeho 'robustus' (robust, strong)

B.Ceskeho 'robota' (drudgery, forced labour)

C.Nemeckeho 'Roboter' (machine operator)

D.Staroslovenskeho 'rab' (slave) pres polstinu

Explanation: Karel Capek coined 'robot' from the Czech word 'robota,' meaning drudgery or forced labour (feudal corvee), on the suggestion of his brother Josef. The word entered global languages directly from Czech via R.U.R. and is one of the most celebrated Czech contributions to world vocabulary. The Latin, German, and Old Church Slavonic derivations are false.

3Ktery z nasledujicich vyrazu je prikladem litotes v cestine? (Which of the following expressions is an example of litotes in Czech?)

A.'Byl to hrdina hrdinu.' ('He was a hero of heroes.')

B.'Nebylo to nic nezajimaveho.' ('It was not nothing uninteresting.')

C.'Srdce mu busilo jak buben.' ('His heart pounded like a drum.')

D.'Cele mesto spalo.' ('The entire city slept.')

Explanation: Litotes is understatement achieved by double negation: 'Nebylo to nic nezajimaveho' (literally 'It was not nothing uninteresting') = 'It was quite interesting.' The double negative creates emphatic affirmation through understatement. The first is superlative intensification; the third is simile; the fourth is personification/synecdoche.

4Precte si vetu: 'Hasek nevypravi pribeh Svejka - on nechava Svejka, aby pribeh vypraval za nej.' Toto tvrtzeni odkazuje na jaky narativni pojem? (Hasek does not narrate Svejk's story - he allows Svejk to narrate it for him. This statement refers to which narrative concept?)

A.Nespolehlivy vypravec (unreliable narrator)

B.Vsvedouci er-forma (omniscient third-person)

C.Proud vedomi (stream of consciousness)

D.Ramcove vypraveni (frame narrative)

Explanation: The statement describes Hasek's technique of the unreliable narrator (nespolehlivy vypravec): Svejk's apparent naivete makes readers uncertain whether he is genuinely simple or cunningly subversive. Hasek hides behind Svejk's voice, letting the character's 'innocent' narration do the satirical work. This is a defining feature of literary unreliability.

5Ve vete 'Pero jeho bylo ostrejsi mece' je pouzita: (In 'His pen was sharper than a sword,' the following device is used:)

A.Metonymie (metonymy)

B.Hyperbola (hyperbole)

C.Chiasmus (chiasmus)

D.Oxymóron (oxymoron)

Explanation: The sentence employs hyperbole (hyperbola): it is an intentional exaggeration claiming a pen is literally sharper than a sword for rhetorical effect. It is also a variation of the common proverb 'the pen is mightier than the sword.' The comparative 'ostrejsi' (sharper) signals the exaggeration. Metonymy substitutes associated things; chiasmus reverses grammatical structure; oxymoron pairs contradictory terms.

6Kunderin roman 'Nesnesitelna lehkost byti' (1984) byl poprve vydany: (Kundera's novel 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (1984) was first published:)

A.V cestine v Praze po 1989

B.Ve francouzstine v emigraci, cesky original byl v Ceskoslovensku zakazan

C.V nemcine pro mezinarodni publikum

D.V anglictine v USA

Explanation: The Unbearable Lightness of Being was written in Czech but first published in French translation in 1984, as Kundera was living in exile in France and his works were banned in Czechoslovakia. The Czech original was not officially published in Czechoslovakia until after 1989. This exile-publication dynamic is an important fact for Czech literary history at C2 level.

7Precte si uvazek z eseje: 'Demokracie neni stav - je to pohyb; neni to cil - je to cesta.' Jaka stylisticka figura dominuje tomuto vyroku? (Read: 'Democracy is not a state - it is a movement; it is not a goal - it is a path.' What stylistic figure dominates?)

A.Anafora (anaphora)

B.Paralelismus s antitezi (parallelism with antithesis)

C.Gradace (gradation/climax)

D.Apostrofa (apostrophe)

Explanation: The excerpt uses parallelism with antithesis (paralelismus s antitezi): the sentence structure 'neni to X - je to Y' is repeated twice (parallel) while each pair presents opposing concepts (stav/pohyb, cil/cesta - state/movement, goal/path). This is a hallmark of philosophical and political essay prose, as in Havel's speeches.

8Jaky je stylisticky rozdil mezi vyrazy 'zemrel' a 'zesnul' v moderni cestine? (What is the stylistic difference between 'zemrel' (died) and 'zesnul' (passed/fell asleep) in modern Czech?)

A.'Zemrel' je knizni, 'zesnul' je hovorove

B.'Zesnul' je knizni/oficialni eufemismus, 'zemrel' je neutralni

C.'Zemrel' se pouziva jen v lekarske terminologii

D.Oba vyrazy jsou stylisticky neutralni a zamenitelne

Explanation: 'Zesnul' (literally 'has fallen asleep') is a literary/official euphemism for death, used in formal obituaries, funeral speeches, and elevated prose. 'Zemrel' (died) is the neutral standard form. At C2, recognising register stratification - neutral vs. elevated/euphemistic - is a core competency tested in stylistic analysis tasks.

9Slovo 'skvely' proslo v cestine procesem zvanym: (The word 'skvely' (excellent, brilliant) underwent the process known as:)

A.Kalkem z latinskeho 'excellens'

B.Prenesenim vyznamu ze smyslove sfery do hodnotici (pejorativizace)

C.Prenesenim vyznamu ze smyslove sfery do hodnotici (ameliorace)

D.Vypujckou z nemeckeho 'herrlich'

Explanation: 'Skvely' originally meant 'shining, sparkling' (related to 'skvit se' - to gleam). Over time it shifted from the sensory domain (brightness) to an evaluative one meaning 'excellent, brilliant' - this is amelioration (ameliorace) through semantic extension from a sensory quality to a positive value judgement. This is a classic Czech example of lexical amelioration.

10Precte si pasaz z Hrabalova dila: 'A ten stary sberatel papiru sedel ve sve kotelne a cetl knihy, jako by kazdou stranku chtel prect naposled.' Co je typicke pro Hrabaluv styl v tomto uvazku? (What is characteristic of Hrabal's style in: 'And that old paper collector sat in his boiler room and read books, as if he wanted to read every page for the last time'?)

A.Kratke asyndeton vety bez spojek

B.Dlouhe proud-vedomi souveti s 'a' na zacatku

C.Prima rec postav bez uvozovek

D.Abstraktni filozoficky jazyk

Explanation: Bohumil Hrabal is celebrated for his 'pabiltelstvi' - a distinctive long-sentence flowing style that mimics spoken storytelling, often beginning sentences with 'a' (and), creating run-on accumulative prose that feels like unbroken oral narrative. This sentence starting with 'A' and building through a subordinate clause is characteristic of his paratactic, pabitelsky style.

About the Czech C2 Exam

The Czech Language Certificate C2 (CCE C2) is the mastery-level Czech language qualification administered by Charles University ÚJOP. It certifies near-native command of Czech across all registers — literary, academic, administrative, colloquial, and archaic. The C2 exam requires deep engagement with Czech literary and cultural texts, the ability to analyse stylistic and rhetorical devices, and the capacity to produce sophisticated extended discourse in both writing and speech. It is designed for Czech language teachers, literary translators, academics working with Czech texts, and others who need to demonstrate the highest level of Czech proficiency.

Questions

95 scored questions

Time Limit

Reading: 90–120 min; Listening: 50 min; Writing: 90 min; Speaking: 20–25 min.

Passing Score

65% overall with minimum component thresholds.

Exam Fee

CZK 4,000–6,000 per sitting (2026); varies by test centre. (Charles University ÚJOP (Ústav jazykové a odborné přípravy Univerzity Karlovy), Prague.)

Czech C2 Exam Content Outline

30%

Reading (Čtení)

Literary prose, poetry, philosophical essays, and historical documents — MCQ testing stylistics, literary devices, and deep comprehension.

25%

Listening (Poslech)

Expert panel discussions, literary readings, academic symposia — MCQ testing nuanced comprehension and register.

20%

Language, Style & Word Formation

Stylistic analysis, literary devices, archaic forms, idioms, and register mastery.

25%

Writing & Speaking

Extended literary essay and academic oral presentation at near-native level.

How to Pass the Czech C2 Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: 65% overall with minimum component thresholds.
Exam length: 95 questions
Time limit: Reading: 90–120 min; Listening: 50 min; Writing: 90 min; Speaking: 20–25 min.
Exam fee: CZK 4,000–6,000 per sitting (2026); varies by test centre.

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Czech C2 Study Tips from Top Performers

1Read canonical 20th-century Czech literature in the original — Hašek's Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka, Čapek's R.U.R. and Bílá nemoc, Havel's essays, and Kundera's early Czech novels. C2 reading tasks draw directly from this tradition.

2Study Czech stylistics systematically: learn to identify the major rhetorical figures (metafora, ironie, synekdocha, eufemismus, litotes) and Czech word formation patterns (odvozování, skládání, zkracování). These are assessed directly in C2 language/style tasks.

3Master archaic and literary Czech forms: the old imperative (budiž), aorist remnants in fixed expressions, literary imperfect traces, and Church Slavonic borrowings in formal Czech.

4Listen to Czech Radio's Vltava cultural channel — it broadcasts literary discussions, cultural analysis, and academic content that exactly replicates the register and complexity of C2 listening tasks.

5Practise writing literary-critical essays in Czech — the C2 writing component typically asks for an analytical essay on a cultural or literary topic. Practise using precise critical vocabulary: poetika, vyprávěcí perspektiva, symbolika, jazykový obraz světa.

6Build a vocabulary of Czech meta-commentary expressions for academic debate: jak již bylo řečeno, z toho vyplývá, v tomto kontextu, v protikladu k, na základě výše uvedeného — these signal C2 discourse competence in both writing and speaking.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Czech C2 certificate?

The Czech C2 (CCE C2) is the mastery-level Czech language certificate issued by Charles University ÚJOP. It certifies near-native command of Czech across all registers, including literary, archaic, and formal styles, and is designed for Czech language teachers, translators, and literary professionals.

Who needs the Czech C2 certificate?

The C2 is designed for Czech language teachers at all levels, literary and legal translators working with Czech, academics engaged with Czech literature and culture, and other professionals requiring documented mastery-level Czech proficiency.

How does C2 differ from C1?

C1 certifies near-professional competence for academic and professional use. C2 requires mastery of the full range of Czech including literary, archaic, and satirical registers, the ability to analyse stylistic and rhetorical devices in Czech texts, and the production of sophisticated literary or academic discourse.

What Czech authors might appear in the C2 reading component?

Czech literary figures whose works may appear in C2 reading tasks include: Franz Kafka (despite writing in German, his influence on Czech culture is vast), Milan Kundera, Václav Havel, Jaroslav Hašek, Karel Čapek, Bohumil Hrabal, and Vítězslav Nezval. Knowledge of Czech literary history and 20th-century Czech culture is essential for C2.

What stylistic/rhetorical devices are tested at C2?

C2 tests: metaphor (metafora), synecdoche (synekdocha), irony (ironie), hyperbole (hyperbola), litotes (litotes), personification (personifikace), ellipsis (elipsa), and allusion (narážka), as well as Czech word formation processes (affixation, compounding, conversion) and register identification in literary texts.

How often is the Czech C2 exam offered?

The C2 exam is offered 1–2 times per year by Charles University ÚJOP. Exact dates vary; check ujop.cuni.cz/CCE for the current exam schedule and registration deadlines.