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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Margolius tell Kovály he has read and enjoyed.
(a) Illusion and Liberty.
(b) Men of Clear Conscience.
(c) The Communist Manifesto.
(d) Animal Farm.

2. How does Franz treat Eva at the camp?
(a) He is verbally abusive.
(b) He treats her like a friend.
(c) He treats her with fatherly concern.
(d) He is physically abusive.

3. Who is Mrs. Machova?
(a) Ivan Kovály's teacher.
(b) Kovály's housekeeper.
(c) Kovály's disapproving neighbor.
(d) A friend who looks after Kovály's son.

4. What news arrives for Kovály almost daily after the war?
(a) News of some friends or family members' war-time demise.
(b) News about political corruption in the city.
(c) News about job opportunities abroad.
(d) News about family members who survive the war.

5. What is the meaning of the 'S' stamped on Margolius' case file?
(a) That his arrest relates to state security.
(b) His arrest is associated with Slánský's arrest.
(c) It indicates that the Soviet Union requested his arrest.
(d) It indicates that he is Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group does Margolius join after the war?

2. Which of the following does the owner of the publishers NOT instruct Kovály about?

3. On one occasion, Kovály discovers the body of an acquaintance covered with what?

4. This is the only Jewish person Kovály knew before the war who returns to Prague?

5. How does Kovály get herself an apartment after the end of the war?

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