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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. How long did the wedding festivities last between Zemanek and Helena?
(a) Twenty-four hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Ten hours.

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

3. At the end of her first year at university, Marketa is sent away by who?
(a) The Comrades.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her professor.
(d) Ludvik.

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

5. How does Zdena feel about Zemanek?
(a) She likes him enough to get by.
(b) She is impartial to him.
(c) She loathes him.
(d) She worships him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Zemanek start after Togliatti spoke in Old Town Square?

3. Zemanek and Helena were together for nearly two years when what happened?

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

5. Where did Zemanek go at the beginning of part two?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ludvik's attitude immediately following his move to Ostrava?

2. What finally prompted Helena and Zemanek to get married?

3. Why did Ludvik send Marketa the postcard?

4. What is Kostka's bachelor pad like?

5. How does Helena feel about the Party?

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. What is Kostka's living situation?

9. How did Marketa react to the postcard Ludvik sent?

10. What were the early days of Helena and Zemanek's relationship like?

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