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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Helena.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helena like about Ludvik?
(a) He is changable.
(b) He is normal and straightforward.
(c) He is melancholy and artistic.
(d) He is strange and mysterious.

2. Helena believes that there is no split between what?
(a) Politics and morals.
(b) Husband and wife.
(c) Church and state.
(d) Public and private selves.

3. When did Helena move to Prague?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1949.

4. Where is the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?
(a) He did not come to work that day.
(b) He is in his office.
(c) He just left and is on his way out.
(d) He is out on lunch.

5. Who is the narrator of the part two?
(a) Jana.
(b) Helena.
(c) Ludvik.
(d) Pavel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organ does Helena have trouble with, under the slightest bit of exertion?

2. Who said, "May melancholy never taint my name."?

3. Why is Helena going to Moravia?

4. How does Ludvik find Kostka's flat?

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

(see the answer key)

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