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

2. What did Zemanek give Helena, his most favorite possession, as a gesture of reconciliation?
(a) A locket with a picture of the Kremlin on it.
(b) A locket with Helena's picture on it.
(c) A locket with Stalin's picture on it.
(d) A locket with Zemanek's picture on it.

3. Where does the narrator go after he leaves the town square?
(a) His old school.
(b) To see a dear friend.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) His hotel.

4. Ludvik and Kostka, just before Kostka returns to the hospital, come to an ideological impasse. How long ago were they in the same position?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Seven years.

5. What is the name of the narrator's hometown?
(a) Brno.
(b) Moravia.
(c) Bratislava.
(d) Prague.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ludvik find Kostka's flat?

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

3. Ludvik and Kostka sit in Kostka's flat before he has to go back to the hospital and chat over what?

4. Who is the narrator of the part two?

5. What favor does Ludvik ask of Kostka?

(see the answer key)

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