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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The day following their one-day reunion, Ludvik phones Marketa. What happens?
(a) Marketa makes a date with him that weekend.
(b) A stranger tells Ludvik that Marketa moved to Bratislava.
(c) A stranger tells Ludvik that Marketa moved to Prague.
(d) Marketa makes a date with him that night.

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

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

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?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Fourteen years.
(d) Fifteen years.

5. As a student, where did Ludvik hold an important post?
(a) Justice of Collegiate Students.
(b) League of University Students.
(c) Sect of Young Marxists.
(d) Society of Students.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Though Ludvik claims to not be a big lover of poetry, he carried three books of poetry with him. Who was the poet that authored these books?

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

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

5. What does the narrator do at the beginning of part three?

(see the answer key)

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