Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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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. Who is favored by Communist propaganda?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) The working poor.
(c) Ethnic minorities.
(d) Middle-class professionals.

2. What do most of Kovály's friends offer her when she visits?
(a) Financial support.
(b) A bed.
(c) A shopping spree.
(d) Food.

3. What happens economically in Czechoslovakia as Communism takes hold?
(a) The economy slows to a crawl.
(b) Economic activity returns to its pre-war levels.
(c) The economy grows by fifty percent.
(d) The economy booms.

4. What is said to happen to people in Prague who harbor fugitives?
(a) They are fined.
(b) They are executed.
(c) They are ostracized.
(d) They are imprisoned.

5. What does Kovály notice about nearly all the people arrested by the government?
(a) They are unmarried men.
(b) They are middle-level politicians.
(c) They are former resistance members.
(d) They are Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rudolf Slánský?

2. Who hides some of Kovály's items in her building's basement?

3. What does Margolius beg Kovály to do during their last meeting?

4. What happens to Kovály's camp as the allied forces advance upon it?

5. Which of the following is one place Kovály works during the war?

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