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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 organ does Helena have trouble with, under the slightest bit of exertion?
(a) Her heart.
(b) Her lungs.
(c) Her stomach.
(d) Her brain.

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

3. What is Helena doing the evening of the beginning of part two?
(a) Mending clothes all night.
(b) Going to bed early.
(c) Cleaning her house until the dawn.
(d) Staying up late to read.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ludvik find Kostka's flat?

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

3. Why is Helena going to Moravia?

4. Where did Zemanek go at the beginning of part two?

5. How is the local hospital in Moravia set up?

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