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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ludvik asks Kostka for a recommendation for what service?
(a) Entertainment for the evening.
(b) A shave.
(c) A store that sells liquor.
(d) A decent dinner.

2. What was Helena doing at the age of eighteen?
(a) Raising her child.
(b) Schoolwork.
(c) Espionage.
(d) In the gallows.

3. 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.

4. Ludvik decides to leave his hotel shortly after arriving for the first time. What does he want to do?
(a) Send a letter at the post office.
(b) Buy a new suit.
(c) Ask an acquaintance for a discreet favor.
(d) Obtain something to eat.

5. According to Helena, what does Zemanek live on?
(a) Applause.
(b) Hard work.
(c) His morals.
(d) Drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Ludvik's meeting with the board he is prompted by a Communist friend to go see who?

2. After a separation in which Marketa fares far better than Ludvik, he sends her something to hurt her. What is it that he sends Marketa?

3. What did Zemanek say to Helena in the heat of an argument when their daughter was five?

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

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

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