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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Margolius beg Kovály to do during their last meeting?
(a) Leave Czechoslovakia.
(b) Remarry.
(c) Forget she ever knew him.
(d) Help his escape.

2. Who dies just six months after Margolius' death?
(a) Rudolf Slánský.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Pavel Eisler.
(d) Ivan Kovály.

3. At his trial, to what crime does Margolius confess?
(a) Treason.
(b) Blackmail.
(c) Racketeering.
(d) Murder.

4. What do people begin offering Kovály after Margolius accepts a high-ranking government job?
(a) Employment opportunities.
(b) Favors.
(c) Bribes.
(d) Gifts.

5. What anniversary celebration does Kovály and Margolius attend in 1950?
(a) The anniversary of Karl Marx's birth.
(b) The anniversary of Victorious February.
(c) The anniversary of Gottwald's appointment as Prime Minister.
(d) The anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most appealing form of government for the majority of Czechs following the war?

2. How does Margolius feel about his work for the Communist Party?

3. Faced with a bad economy, what do people do a few months before the end of the war?

4. Where are the camp inmates staying when Kovály and her acquaintances decide to escape?

5. Without work to do, what is said that people do all day?

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