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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ludvik asks Kostka for a recommendation for what service?

3. 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?

4. When Marketa and Ludvik reunite at University, how does Marketa act?

5. Who at Helena's work station likes her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ludvik describe Kostka?

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

3. Why don't Helena's coworkers like her?

4. How does Helena feel about younger women?

5. What is Kostka's bachelor pad like?

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

7. How does Helena describe Zemanek in part two?

8. What were the common criticisms given to students at University in the Party? Ludvik describes them as "seeds" that all the students carried with them, to be used against themselves at a moment's notice.

9. How does Helena feel about the Party?

10. Describe Ludvik's hotel room in Moravia.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Ludvik see Lucie as the King of the Ride of the Kings?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Jaroslav and his family.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways and how does Kostka succeed with Lucie that Ludvik never did? Compare and contrast their relationships.

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