2. 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) Exactly the same.
(d) She ignores Ludvik completely.

3. How did Helena meet Ludvik?
(a) In the gallows.
(b) He had to interview her.
(c) At a demonstration.
(d) She had to interview him.

4. When Ludvik sits down to have a shave, what does he do?
(a) Avoid the mirror and look at the ceiling.
(b) Start a conversation with the man in the chair next to him.
(c) Talk to the girl shaving him right away.
(d) Check his appearance in the mirror.

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

6. Zemanek and Helena were together for nearly two years when what happened?
(a) Zemanek asked her to marry him.
(b) Helena was called before a committee and kept out of Zemanek's way.
(c) Helena became pregnant.
(d) Zemanek was called before a committee and kept out of Helena's way.

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

8. As a student, where did Ludvik hold an important post?
(a) Justice of Collegiate Students.
(b) Sect of Young Marxists.
(c) League of University Students.
(d) Society of Students.

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

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

11. How does Ludvik find Kostka's flat?
(a) It is overly lavish.
(b) It is dingy.
(c) It is very attractive.
(d) It is sparse.

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

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

14. 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.

15. What is the name of the narrator of the first section of the novel?
(a) Jaroslav.
(b) Helena.
(c) Ludvik.
(d) Milan.