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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Helena believe her co-workers started disliking her?
(a) Two co-workers were having an affair and Helena took a stand against it.
(b) Two co-workers were having an affair and Helena took their side.
(c) Helena was having an affair and misled the Party.
(d) Helena was having multiple affairs and misleading the Party.

2. How did Helena meet Zemanek?
(a) In class at University.
(b) On St. John's Bridge.
(c) At the Fucik Song and Dance Ensemble.
(d) In Old Town Square.

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

4. What does Helena claim she is looking for?
(a) Love.
(b) A new political party.
(c) New ideals.
(d) New dreams.

5. How does Kostka receive Ludvik after not seeing each other in so long?
(a) Kostka was cold to Ludvik.
(b) Kostka was pleasant to Ludvik, but excused himself quickly.
(c) Kostka is glad to see Ludvik.
(d) Kostka did not want to see Ludvik.

6. 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 knows the woman.
(b) Ludvik doesn't know this woman.
(c) Ludvik dislikes this woman.
(d) Ludvik knows the woman's younger sister.

7. What did Zemanek say to Helena in the heat of an argument when their daughter was five?
(a) That he believed Zdena wasn't his daughter.
(b) Everyone loves in different ways.
(c) He was sorry they were fighting and he loves her.
(d) They married out of Party discipline.

8. Moravia reminds the narrator of what city?
(a) Prague.
(b) Bratislava.
(c) Brno.
(d) Ostrava.

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

10. What is the name of the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?
(a) Dr. Kostka.
(b) Dr. Zemanek.
(c) Dr. Klara
(d) Dr. Lucie

11. Where does the narrator go after he leaves the town square?
(a) His hotel.
(b) To see a dear friend.
(c) His old school.
(d) His mother's house.

12. What was the last thing Ludvik said after leaving his meeting with the board?
(a) "Honor to labor."
(b) "People for labor."
(c) "Justice to people."
(d) "Honor to justice."

13. As the woman cleans Ludvik's face with a towel, what does Ludvik pretend?
(a) She is caressing him.
(b) He is back in Prague with his regular barber.
(c) She is slapping him.
(d) He is being cleaned by someone else.

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

15. When Ludvik finally goes before the plenary session of the Department of Natural Sciences, how many people speak for him?
(a) One, only Marketa.
(b) None.
(c) Two, Marketa and Zemanek.
(d) Three - Marketa, Zemanek and Pavel.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. How does the narrator view the town square of his hometown after his long absence?

4. 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?

5. What does the river in Moravia look like?

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