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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 brought Jaroslav home from University earlier than expected?
(a) His loyalty to the Communist Party.
(b) His mother's health.
(c) His father's health.
(d) His future wife.

2. What does Zemanek do at university?
(a) Lecture on history.
(b) Lecture on Marxism.
(c) Lecture on Stalin.
(d) Lecture on math.

3. After the woman giving Ludvik finishes soaping his face and gets up to retrieve the razor, Ludvick wants to look at her and realizes what?
(a) Ludvik dislikes this woman.
(b) Ludvik knows the woman.
(c) Ludvik doesn't know this woman.
(d) Ludvik knows the woman's younger sister.

4. In the beginning of the novel, the narrator claims his mission could have been completed in what city?
(a) Brno.
(b) Tisovec.
(c) Prague.
(d) Bratislava.

5. What floor does Kostka live on?
(a) The fourth floor.
(b) The second floor.
(c) The third floor.
(d) The fifth floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who shaves Ludvik?

2. Where is the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?

3. Where is Marketa sent, at the end of her first year at university?

4. Ludvik asks Kostka for a recommendation for what service?

5. What is the name of the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?

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