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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Ludvik.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of her first year at university, Marketa is sent away by who?
(a) The Comrades.
(b) Her professor.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Ludvik.

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

3. Where does Kostka live?
(a) A bachelor flat in a new complex.
(b) In the same hotel Ludvik is staying in.
(c) He has a room in the hospital.
(d) A two-room flat in another town 30 miles away.

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

5. How does Ludvik describe himself at university, in his second year?
(a) A man in love with one woman.
(b) A man at one with the regime.
(c) A man with one goal.
(d) A man of many faces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ludvik summoned the day after he returned to his post at University in his third year?

2. How did Helena meet Zemanek?

3. Where do Helena and Ludvik go after running around the woods and Helena sings, "Oh brightly shines the sun in our garden..."?

4. What is the name of the narrator's hometown?

5. What organ does Helena have trouble with, under the slightest bit of exertion?

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