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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ludvik decides to leave his hotel shortly after arriving for the first time. What does he want to do?
(a) Send a letter at the post office.
(b) Obtain something to eat.
(c) Buy a new suit.
(d) Ask an acquaintance for a discreet favor.

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

3. What did Zemanek start after Togliatti spoke in Old Town Square?
(a) A fight that crushed a girl he was dating.
(b) Fifty thousand people singing in Italian.
(c) A fight that turned into a riot.
(d) Fifty thousand people screaming a slogan.

4. Ludvik asks Kostka for a recommendation for what service?
(a) A shave.
(b) A store that sells liquor.
(c) A decent dinner.
(d) Entertainment for the evening.

5. What is the name of Helena's daughter?
(a) Zdena.
(b) Helena.
(c) Lucie.
(d) Marketa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who at Helena's work station likes her?

2. Ludvik and Kostka, just before Kostka returns to the hospital, come to an ideological impasse. How long ago were they in the same position?

3. What was Helena doing at the age of eighteen?

4. According to Helena, what does Zemanek live on?

5. What does Zemanek do at university?

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