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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Helena and Ludvik go after running around the woods and Helena sings, "Oh brightly shines the sun in our garden..."?
(a) A little inn for bread and sausuage.
(b) Another town to get further away, where they decide to elope.
(c) A little inn to rent a room.
(d) Ludvik runs off and Helena returns home.

2. What is the name of the woman who shaves Ludvik?
(a) Katka.
(b) Jana.
(c) Helena.
(d) Lucie.

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

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

5. After the woman giving Ludvik finishes soaping his face and gets up to retrieve the razor, Ludvick wants to look at her and realizes what?
(a) Ludvik doesn't know this woman.
(b) Ludvik knows the woman's younger sister.
(c) Ludvik dislikes this woman.
(d) Ludvik knows the woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of the novel, the narrator claims his mission could have been completed in what city?

2. Why was Ludvik summoned the day after he returned to his post at University in his third year?

3. What is the name of the narrator of the first section of the novel?

4. What is the name of Helena's daughter?

5. Where does Kostka live?

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