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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Marketa sent, at the end of her first year at university?
(a) Italy for a week to scout for new leadership.
(b) A two-year trip to study plants.
(c) A month in Paris to study Marxism.
(d) A two-week Party training session.

2. According to Ludvik, what kind of woman is Marketa?
(a) She can't settle down.
(b) She is always joking around.
(c) She takes everything seriously.
(d) She separates work and home really well.

3. Who is Ludvik's first friend, or the person that sticks out most to him, in his group of black-insignias?
(a) Varga.
(b) Honza.
(c) Pavel.
(d) Zizkov.

4. When Ludvik sits down to have a shave, what does he do?
(a) Avoid the mirror and look at the ceiling.
(b) Start a conversation with the man in the chair next to him.
(c) Talk to the girl shaving him right away.
(d) Check his appearance in the mirror.

5. How did Helena meet Ludvik?
(a) In the gallows.
(b) She had to interview him.
(c) He had to interview her.
(d) At a demonstration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "May melancholy never taint my name."?

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

3. At the end of her first year at university, Marketa is sent away by who?

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

5. Ludvik overhears his neighbors in the hotel as soon as he is settled in. What does he learn about the neighbors?

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