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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ludvik's meeting with the board he is prompted by a Communist friend to go see who?
(a) Jaroslav.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Milan.
(d) Zemanek.

2. When does Helena believe her co-workers started disliking her?
(a) Two co-workers were having an affair and Helena took their side.
(b) Two co-workers were having an affair and Helena took a stand against it.
(c) Helena was having an affair and misled the Party.
(d) Helena was having multiple affairs and misleading the Party.

3. 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?
(a) A photograph of Stalin.
(b) A joke on a postcard.
(c) A joke in letter.
(d) A poem in a letter.

4. Where is the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?
(a) He is out on lunch.
(b) He is in his office.
(c) He just left and is on his way out.
(d) He did not come to work that day.

5. Ludvik overhears his neighbors in the hotel as soon as he is settled in. What does he learn about the neighbors?
(a) It is an old man traveling alone, talking to himself.
(b) They are a small family of three.
(c) They are a large family of five.
(d) They are a man and a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ludvik describe himself at university, in his second year?

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

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

4. The day following their one-day reunion, Ludvik phones Marketa. What happens?

5. What does Helena like about Ludvik?

(see the answer key)

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