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

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

3. 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 is glad to see Ludvik.
(d) Kostka was cold to Ludvik.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Ludvik pull out of his pocket to pay the woman for his shave?

2. What favor does Ludvik ask of Kostka?

3. What was the last thing Ludvik said after leaving his meeting with the board?

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

5. What is the name of the narrator of the first section of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens during Ludvik's shave that changes the experience for him, and how does Ludvik react to the rest of his shave?

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

4. What is Kostka's living situation?

5. How does Helena feel about younger women?

6. After their second meeting, Ludvik tells Helena that he is going to pick her up in front of the station the following day. What did they do on this outing?

7. What is Kostka's bachelor pad like?

8. What was Helena's first meeting with Ludvik like, according to Helena?

9. How does Helena describe Zemanek in part two?

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

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