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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) Milan.
(b) Zemanek.
(c) Jaroslav.
(d) Pavel.

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

3. According to Ludvik, what kind of woman is Marketa?
(a) She takes everything seriously.
(b) She separates work and home really well.
(c) She can't settle down.
(d) She is always joking around.

4. How long did the wedding festivities last between Zemanek and Helena?
(a) Ten hours.
(b) Twenty-four hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three hours.

5. What does Ludvik's group, marked by their black insignia, work on every morning?
(a) The mines.
(b) The roads.
(c) The sewers.
(d) The hospitals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zemanek do at university?

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

3. Who narrates part three of "The Joke"?

4. At the beginning of the novel, how long has the narrator been away from his home?

5. Ludvik and Kostka, just before Kostka returns to the hospital, come to an ideological impasse. How long ago were they in the same position?

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