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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six: Kostka.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Ludvik and Helena have lunch after she arrives in Moravia?
(a) The House of People.
(b) The People's Room.
(c) The Pig.
(d) The Goat.

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

3. Who discovered where the unknown girl was spending her nights?
(a) The police.
(b) The doctor of western Bohemia
(c) A teacher from the school in the village.
(d) The director of the farm and a chairman of the Local Council.

4. What do Ludvik and Helena drink while waiting for lunch?
(a) Rum.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Slivovitz.
(d) Rye.

5. What does Kostka decide to do when he resigns from University?
(a) Become a journalist.
(b) Work at a state farm.
(c) Take a year off.
(d) Work at a mine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Zemanek go at the beginning of part two?

2. Who gave Helena the pendant she wears?

3. 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?

4. Ludvik, as the woman giving him a shave soaps his face, slips into what?

5. In what state is Helena when she finally leaves Kostka's flat a few minutes before seven?

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