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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Marketa and Ludvik reunite at University, how does Marketa act?
(a) She ignores Ludvik completely.
(b) She tells Ludvik she has another lover.
(c) Exactly the same.
(d) She professes her love for Ludvik.

2. 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) Candlestick, again.
(c) Lucie.
(d) Pavel.

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

4. Ludvik asks Kostka for a recommendation for what service?
(a) Entertainment for the evening.
(b) A store that sells liquor.
(c) A decent dinner.
(d) A shave.

5. What does Ludvik order for lunch with Helena?
(a) Local bean stew and beer.
(b) Fried cheese.
(c) Roulade of beef and another round of rye, with a soda chaser.
(d) Chicken and vegetables with another round of rye.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Helena's favorite word?

3. Who finally broke Lucie of her fear of physical intimacy?

4. What is Helena doing the evening of the beginning of part two?

5. Where does the narrator go after he leaves the town square?

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