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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 overhears his neighbors in the hotel as soon as he is settled in. What does he learn about the neighbors?
(a) They are a man and a woman.
(b) They are a large family of five.
(c) They are a small family of three.
(d) It is an old man traveling alone, talking to himself.

2. Where do Helena and Ludvik go after running around the woods and Helena sings, "Oh brightly shines the sun in our garden..."?
(a) Another town to get further away, where they decide to elope.
(b) Ludvik runs off and Helena returns home.
(c) A little inn to rent a room.
(d) A little inn for bread and sausuage.

3. What is the name of the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?
(a) Dr. Zemanek.
(b) Dr. Kostka.
(c) Dr. Lucie
(d) Dr. Klara

4. Who said, "May melancholy never taint my name."?
(a) Zedna.
(b) Fucik.
(c) Moravia.
(d) Stalin.

5. How does the narrator view the town square of his hometown after his long absence?
(a) He finds it charming.
(b) He finds it changed from his memory.
(c) He finds it beautiful.
(d) He finds it unsightly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Helena meet Zemanek?

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

4. How many empty chairs are at the barber where Ludvik goes to get a shave?

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

(see the answer key)

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