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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 is the state of Ludvik's hotel room?
(a) Cosy; very well furnished.
(b) Comfortable; a firm bed.
(c) Sparse; not exactly attractive.
(d) Welcoming; two chairs at the table.

2. How does Zdena feel about Zemanek?
(a) She is impartial to him.
(b) She loathes him.
(c) She likes him enough to get by.
(d) She worships him.

3. At the beginning of the novel, how long has the narrator been away from his home?
(a) Five years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Fifteen years.

4. Where did Zemanek go at the beginning of part two?
(a) Bratislava.
(b) Moravia.
(c) Prague.
(d) Brno.

5. How much money does Ludvik pull out of his pocket to pay the woman for his shave?
(a) Ten crowns.
(b) Five crowns.
(c) Four crowns.
(d) One crown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Helena meet Ludvik?

2. Where is the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?

3. In the beginning of the novel, the narrator claims his mission could have been completed in what city?

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?

5. What is the name of the narrator of the first section of the novel?

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