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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Zemanek go at the beginning of part two?
(a) Bratislava.
(b) Prague.
(c) Brno.
(d) Moravia.

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

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

5. According to Helena, what does Zemanek live on?
(a) Applause.
(b) His morals.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Marketa sent, at the end of her first year at university?

2. Ludvik decides to leave his hotel shortly after arriving for the first time. What does he want to do?

3. At the beginning of the novel, how long has the narrator been away from his home?

4. What is the name of the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?

5. Where does the narrator go after he leaves the town square?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ludvik received by the dark Slovak NCO who got a first at marksmanship?

2. How does Ludvik describe Kostka?

3. Describe Ludvik's hotel room in Moravia.

4. Why did Ludvik send Marketa the postcard?

5. What is Kostka's living situation?

6. After Marketa and Ludvik speak candidly about the postcard, Ludvik suggests he could win Marketa despite everything. How, and what, does he do?

7. How does Ludvik find out the identity of the woman who shaved him?

8. How does Helena feel about the Party?

9. What is the relationship between Kostka and Ludvik like?

10. How does Ludvik take the first part of his shave?

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