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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Jaroslav.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brought Jaroslav home from University earlier than expected?
(a) His future wife.
(b) His mother's health.
(c) His loyalty to the Communist Party.
(d) His father's health.

2. Who is the narrator of the part two?
(a) Ludvik.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Jana.
(d) Helena.

3. When Ludvik finally goes before the plenary session of the Department of Natural Sciences, how many people speak for him?
(a) Three - Marketa, Zemanek and Pavel.
(b) Two, Marketa and Zemanek.
(c) None.
(d) One, only Marketa.

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

5. Where does Kostka live?
(a) He has a room in the hospital.
(b) A bachelor flat in a new complex.
(c) In the same hotel Ludvik is staying in.
(d) A two-room flat in another town 30 miles away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of part four?

2. Once Ludvik lost the rights to his University studies he expected to be notified of what compulsory service?

3. What organ does Helena have trouble with, under the slightest bit of exertion?

4. What was Helena doing at the age of eighteen?

5. After Ludvik's meeting with the board he is prompted by a Communist friend to go see who?

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