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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Ludvik summoned the day after he returned to his post at University in his third year?
(a) An inquiry about the postcard he sent Marketa.
(b) An inquiry about the quality of his work.
(c) A promotion because of his loyalty.
(d) A promotion because of his innovations.

2. What movie does Ludvik end up watching in his pursuit of the person he is following on his weekend alone?
(a) The Honor of Labor
(b) Labor and You: A Story of Honor
(c) Court of Honor
(d) In the Court of Labor.

3. What favor does Ludvik ask of Kostka?
(a) Ludvik asks Kostka to get him a job.
(b) Ludvik asks Kostka to use his flat.
(c) Ludvik asks Kostka to buy him dinner.
(d) Ludvik asks Kostka to lend him some clothes.

4. Where does Kostka live?
(a) A bachelor flat in a new complex.
(b) He has a room in the hospital.
(c) A two-room flat in another town 30 miles away.
(d) In the same hotel Ludvik is staying in.

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

6. After a separation in which Marketa fares far better than Ludvik, he sends her something to hurt her. What is it that he sends Marketa?
(a) A poem in a letter.
(b) A joke in letter.
(c) A photograph of Stalin.
(d) A joke on a postcard.

7. Where do Helena and Ludvik go after running around the woods and Helena sings, "Oh brightly shines the sun in our garden..."?
(a) Another town to get further away, where they decide to elope.
(b) A little inn for bread and sausuage.
(c) Ludvik runs off and Helena returns home.
(d) A little inn to rent a room.

8. 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.

9. Who is the narrator of the part two?
(a) Ludvik.
(b) Jana.
(c) Helena.
(d) Pavel.

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

11. What does Helena like about Ludvik?
(a) He is changable.
(b) He is strange and mysterious.
(c) He is normal and straightforward.
(d) He is melancholy and artistic.

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

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

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

15. Ludvik and Kostka sit in Kostka's flat before he has to go back to the hospital and chat over what?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tea.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Juice.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Zemanek say to Helena in the heat of an argument when their daughter was five?

4. Ludvik overhears his neighbors in the hotel as soon as he is settled in. What does he learn about the neighbors?

5. Why is Helena going to Moravia?

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