2. Once Ludvik lost the rights to his University studies he expected to be notified of what compulsory service?
(a) Construction.
(b) Military.
(c) Education.
(d) Sanitation.

3. How does Ludvik describe himself at university, in his second year?
(a) A man of many faces.
(b) A man with one goal.
(c) A man in love with one woman.
(d) A man at one with the regime.

4. 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) Three - Marketa, Zemanek and Pavel.
(c) None.
(d) Two, Marketa and Zemanek.

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

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

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

8. Ludvik decides to leave his hotel shortly after arriving for the first time. What does he want to do?
(a) Ask an acquaintance for a discreet favor.
(b) Buy a new suit.
(c) Obtain something to eat.
(d) Send a letter at the post office.

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

10. When did Helena move to Prague?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1949.

11. What is Helena doing the evening of the beginning of part two?
(a) Cleaning her house until the dawn.
(b) Going to bed early.
(c) Staying up late to read.
(d) Mending clothes all night.

12. What did Zemanek start after Togliatti spoke in Old Town Square?
(a) A fight that crushed a girl he was dating.
(b) Fifty thousand people screaming a slogan.
(c) Fifty thousand people singing in Italian.
(d) A fight that turned into a riot.

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

14. Kostka hopes that Ludvik will use his flat for what?
(a) "Something really beautiful."
(b) "Something destructive."
(c) "Something very laughable."
(d) "Something very clean."

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