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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much money does Ludvik pull out of his pocket to pay the woman for his shave?
(a) Five crowns.
(b) Ten crowns.
(c) One crown.
(d) Four crowns.

3. What is the name of Helena's daughter?
(a) Helena.
(b) Marketa.
(c) Zdena.
(d) Lucie.

4. Who at Helena's work station likes her?
(a) All the girls.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Jindra.
(d) Her boss.

5. Helena claims she would do anything to save her marriage. Why?
(a) For her own sake, for the sake of the past.
(b) For the Party.
(c) For her daughter, for honor.
(d) For Zemanek.

6. Ludvik and Kostka, just before Kostka returns to the hospital, come to an ideological impasse. How long ago were they in the same position?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Fourteen years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Fifteen years.

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

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

9. 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) Candlestick, again.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Marketa.
(d) Lucie.

10. After Ludvik's meeting with the board he is prompted by a Communist friend to go see who?
(a) Pavel.
(b) Milan.
(c) Jaroslav.
(d) Zemanek.

11. Ludvik overhears his neighbors in the hotel as soon as he is settled in. What does he learn about the neighbors?
(a) They are a large family of five.
(b) They are a man and a woman.
(c) They are a small family of three.
(d) It is an old man traveling alone, talking to himself.

12. What happened to Zemanek and Helena after the demonstration in Old Town Square?
(a) They decided to meet up after returning to University.
(b) They held hands and roamed through Prague.
(c) They parted ways.
(d) They joined the riot.

13. What does Ludvik think of this woman's voice who shaved him?
(a) It is the voice he recognizes most.
(b) It is very soothing.
(c) It is very formal and cold.
(d) It is the voice of a stranger.

14. What does the narrator do at the beginning of part three?
(a) Have dinner.
(b) Go to the hospital.
(c) Meet a lover.
(d) Go wandering.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?

2. Once Ludvik lost the rights to his University studies he expected to be notified of what compulsory service?

3. What is the state of Ludvik's hotel room?

4. How did Helena meet Zemanek?

5. Moravia reminds the narrator of what city?

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