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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Jaroslav.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened in 1956 and how did it affect Helena and Zemanek?
(a) Stalin's crimes came out, but Helena remained loyal.
(b) Stalin's crimes came out, but Pavel remained loyal.
(c) Stalin became a hero but Helena didn't like him.
(d) Stalin became a hero but Pavel didn't like him.

2. Where is Marketa sent, at the end of her first year at university?
(a) A two-week Party training session.
(b) A month in Paris to study Marxism.
(c) A two-year trip to study plants.
(d) Italy for a week to scout for new leadership.

3. What is Helena doing the evening of the beginning of part two?
(a) Going to bed early.
(b) Staying up late to read.
(c) Mending clothes all night.
(d) Cleaning her house until the dawn.

4. What was the last thing Ludvik said after leaving his meeting with the board?
(a) "People for labor."
(b) "Justice to people."
(c) "Honor to labor."
(d) "Honor to justice."

5. After Ludvik's exile and return, Jaroslav asks Ludvik to join him where?
(a) At a dinner with his wife.
(b) At University for a class.
(c) At a meeting for the Party.
(d) At a rehearsal for the ensemble.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator view the town square of his hometown after his long absence?

2. What does Ludvik's group, marked by their black insignia, work on every morning?

3. Helena believes that there is no split between what?

4. After Ludvik's meeting with the board he is prompted by a Communist friend to go see who?

5. The day following their one-day reunion, Ludvik phones Marketa. What happens?

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