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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 and Kostka, just before Kostka returns to the hospital, come to an ideological impasse. How long ago were they in the same position?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Seven years.

2. What did Zemanek say to Helena in the heat of an argument when their daughter was five?
(a) They married out of Party discipline.
(b) That he believed Zdena wasn't his daughter.
(c) He was sorry they were fighting and he loves her.
(d) Everyone loves in different ways.

3. How many empty chairs are at the barber where Ludvik goes to get a shave?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

5. Where does the narrator go after he leaves the town square?
(a) His old school.
(b) To see a dear friend.
(c) His hotel.
(d) His mother's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zdena feel about Zemanek?

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

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

4. What was Helena doing at the age of eighteen?

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

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