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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the wedding festivities last between Zemanek and Helena?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Ten hours.
(c) Twenty-four hours.
(d) Two days.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helena claim she is looking for?

2. How much money does Ludvik pull out of his pocket to pay the woman for his shave?

3. How did Helena meet Ludvik?

4. Ludvik, as the woman giving him a shave soaps his face, slips into what?

5. What favor does Ludvik ask of Kostka?

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