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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What organ does Helena have trouble with, under the slightest bit of exertion?
(a) Her lungs.
(b) Her brain.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Her stomach.

4. What floor does Kostka live on?
(a) The fourth floor.
(b) The third floor.
(c) The fifth floor.
(d) The second floor.

5. Ludvik, as the woman giving him a shave soaps his face, slips into what?
(a) A lie.
(b) A conversation.
(c) A nap.
(d) A fantasy.

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

7. 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) Fifteen years.
(b) Fourteen years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Seven years.

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

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

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

11. What does Helena's co-workers say about her at work?
(a) She doesn't do a good job.
(b) She isn't loyal enough.
(c) She is too laid back.
(d) She is a fanatic and a Party bloodhound.

12. When did Ludvik meet Marketa?
(a) Around 1945
(b) Around 1948.
(c) Around 1940.
(d) Around 1958.

13. What does Zemanek do at university?
(a) Lecture on Marxism.
(b) Lecture on Stalin.
(c) Lecture on history.
(d) Lecture on math.

14. How does the narrator view the town square of his hometown after his long absence?
(a) He finds it charming.
(b) He finds it unsightly.
(c) He finds it changed from his memory.
(d) He finds it beautiful.

15. What did Zemanek give Helena, his most favorite possession, as a gesture of reconciliation?
(a) A locket with Zemanek's picture on it.
(b) A locket with a picture of the Kremlin on it.
(c) A locket with Stalin's picture on it.
(d) A locket with Helena's picture on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Helena believe her co-workers started disliking her?

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

3. Helena believes that there is no split between what?

4. As the woman cleans Ludvik's face with a towel, what does Ludvik pretend?

5. 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?

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