Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Heda Margolius Kovaly
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 126 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Heda Margolius Kovaly
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 3, 4, and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is said to happen to people in Prague who harbor fugitives?
(a) They are executed.
(b) They are ostracized.
(c) They are fined.
(d) They are imprisoned.

2. Where are the camp inmates staying when Kovály and her acquaintances decide to escape?
(a) A farmer's field.
(b) A train station.
(c) A barn.
(d) A country inn.

3. What group of people does Kovály say many industrialists think comprise the workforces during the war?
(a) Illegal immigrants.
(b) Convicted criminals.
(c) The elderly and destitute.
(d) Child workers.

4. What is Kovály's ethnic background?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Italian.
(c) Romani.
(d) Greek.

5. At the beginning of the book, who does Kovály name as individuals who help shape her life?
(a) Lenin and Marx.
(b) Rudolf Margolias and Pavel Kovály.
(c) Hitler and Stalin.
(d) Her God-mother and God-father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Eva?

2. How long is a typical workday in the camp?

3. After wandering Prague looking for help, where does Kovály find herself doubting her faith in God?

4. While attempting to escape, which of Kovály's group momentarily pleads with the others to go back?

5. Who is Franz?

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