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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Pavel Kovály on the morning of the occupation of Czechoslovakia?

2. After the change of power in 1956, what does The Party admit in regards to the confessions of political prisoners?

3. What anniversary celebration does Kovály and Margolius attend in 1950?

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

5. What happens politically in the spring of 1968?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Holocaust. How is it portrayed in "Under A Cruel Star"? What is the Holocaust and why does it occur? What is Hitler's role in this horrific chapter in human history?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of escape in "Under A Cruel Star." Describe Kovály's escape from the Nazis. How does she do this and is she successful? How does she later escape from occupied Czechoslovakia and where does she go? How does she feel about leaving her homeland?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Communism in Czechoslovakia from the 1940s until the 1960s. What are the beliefs of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia? How do they gain power? What is "Victorious February"? What does Kovály think of Communism? What does her husband think of Communism? How does Communism affect their marriage and lives together?

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