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

2. After the change of power in 1956, what does The Party admit in regards to the confessions of political prisoners?
(a) The Party admits that the confessions were true.
(b) The Party admits that the confessions were forced.
(c) The Party admits that the confessions were exaggerations.
(d) The Party admits that the confessions were ironic.

3. Where does Kovály realize some important Communist officers live?
(a) In the poorest Prague neighborhoods.
(b) In luxury apartments.
(c) In former Jewish neighborhoods.
(d) Next door to her family.

4. What is Bartos able to do in order to help Kovály?
(a) Bartos arranges a new apartment for Kovály.
(b) Bartos finds Kovály employment.
(c) Bartos gives Kovály access to her savings accounts.
(d) Bartos gets Margolius released from custody to visit his family.

5. How does Kovály describe the atmosphere in Prague by the middle of 1951?
(a) As unnerving.
(b) As peaceful and calm.
(c) As hostile as it had been during the Nazi occupation.
(d) As having an air of freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is favored by Communist propaganda?

2. Who else becomes seriously ill while Kovály recovers from her illness?

3. Which group does Kovály contact after receiving the note from Ruda?

4. Following the end of the war, how do the Prague civil authorities handle the return of concentration camp prisoners?

5. What happens to the national borders as 1948 end?

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