Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 Test | Final Test - Medium

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ivan living at the time of the 1960s occupation of Czechoslovakia?
(a) Austria.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Canada.
(d) Yugoslavia.

2. Where does Kovály find a job in order to support herself and Ivan?
(a) At a dairy.
(b) At a print shop.
(c) At a factory.
(d) At a nursery school.

3. Where do the Koválys move after they marry?
(a) To a small apartment in another city.
(b) To America.
(c) To the attic of a friend's house.
(d) To live with his mother.

4. Who occupies Czechoslovakia after what is effectively a kidnapping of the new leadership?
(a) German troops.
(b) American troops.
(c) Soviet bloc troops.
(d) Japanese troops.

5. As the Iron Curtain falls on Czechoslovakia, what happens to the media?
(a) The media disappears.
(b) The media only reports Russian news.
(c) The media focuses on feel-good stories.
(d) The media becomes controlled by the State.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marenka secure hospitalization for Kovály?

2. Months after Margolius' arrest, why does the Communist Party send a team to Kovály's apartment?

3. At what point does the staff at the hospital Kovály is admitted to stop giving her good treatment?

4. How is Margolius associated with Rudolf Slánský?

5. To what are the families of arrested individuals subjected?

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