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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of feeling is said to have pervaded Prague in 1968?
(a) Hopelessness.
(b) A feeling of freedom.
(c) Anger.
(d) Terror.

2. Whose permission does Kovály require in order to obtain the document she needs to arrange her life?
(a) A doctor's.
(b) A lawyer's.
(c) The Communist Party's.
(d) A notary public's.

3. How is Kovály able to communicate with Margolius after his arrest?
(a) Over weekly telephone calls.
(b) Via a monthly telegram.
(c) Once a month, via a letter.
(d) By visiting him every other day.

4. What is listed Margolius' official cause of death?
(a) An infection.
(b) Suffocation by hanging.
(c) Heart failure.
(d) Natural causes.

5. What is one reason Ivan is sent to stay in the country occasionally?
(a) To put on weight.
(b) To recover from tuberculosis.
(c) To study at a prestigious school.
(d) To avoid the dangers of the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the summer of 1953, Kovály volunteers to help with what?

2. Who greets Kovály and Margolius at the anniversary celebration?

3. What is Bartos able to do in order to help Kovály?

4. At his trial, to what crime does Margolius confess?

5. What word does Kovály use to describe Pavel Kovály?

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