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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Helena doing the evening of the beginning of part two?
(a) Going to bed early.
(b) Mending clothes all night.
(c) Staying up late to read.
(d) Cleaning her house until the dawn.

2. Who said, "May melancholy never taint my name."?
(a) Zedna.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Fucik.
(d) Moravia.

3. At the end of her first year at university, Marketa is sent away by who?
(a) Ludvik.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her professor.
(d) The Comrades.

4. What is the name of the narrator's hometown?
(a) Prague.
(b) Brno.
(c) Bratislava.
(d) Moravia.

5. After a disappointing leave in pursuit of the infamous 'Candlestick,' Ludvik decides the same weekend as Stana's wedding to go off on his own. Who does Ludvik meet this weekend?
(a) Marketa.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Lucie.
(d) Candlestick, again.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How did Helena meet Zemanek?

4. According to Ludvik, what kind of woman is Marketa?

5. When did Helena move to Prague?

(see the answer key)

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