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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Helena, what does Zemanek live on?
(a) Drink.
(b) Hard work.
(c) His morals.
(d) Applause.

2. 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's younger sister.
(c) Ludvik doesn't know this woman.
(d) Ludvik knows the woman.

3. How does Ludvik feel about the differences between himself and Kostka?
(a) Their differences endear Kostka to Ludvik.
(b) Ludvik gets very angry with Kostka.
(c) Ludvik really dislikes Kostka.
(d) Ludvik hates to argue with Kostka.

4. How did Helena meet Ludvik?
(a) She had to interview him.
(b) In the gallows.
(c) At a demonstration.
(d) He had to interview her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator go after he leaves the town square?

2. In the beginning of the novel, the narrator claims his mission could have been completed in what city?

3. Why is Helena going to Moravia?

4. How long did the wedding festivities last between Zemanek and Helena?

5. When Ludvik sits down to have a shave, what does he do?

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