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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After her husband's death, for what does Kovály fear she would be arrested?
(a) For being unemployed.
(b) For conspiring with him.
(c) For plotting Margolius' escape.
(d) For interfering with the investigation of Margolius' crimes.

2. How is Margolius associated with Rudolf Slánský?
(a) They share an office.
(b) They have virtually no connection.
(c) They play golf together.
(d) They know each other as teenagers.

3. After guards stop Kovály at the border, what does Kovály NOT do to help in Prague?
(a) Participate in non-violent resistance.
(b) Distribute leaflets.
(c) Lead a demonstration.
(d) Put up posters.

4. How does Kovály react to the news that the Party committee gives her?
(a) She is relieved.
(b) She reacts with fury.
(c) She is sad.
(d) She is happy.

5. In what year is Kovály summoned to appear before a party committee?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1965.

6. Months after Margolius' arrest, why does the Communist Party send a team to Kovály's apartment?
(a) To seize documents.
(b) To catalogue her possessions.
(c) To arrest Kovály.
(d) To confiscate her money.

7. How does Kovály describe the atmosphere in Prague by the middle of 1951?
(a) As unnerving.
(b) As hostile as it had been during the Nazi occupation.
(c) As peaceful and calm.
(d) As having an air of freedom.

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

9. Why is Kovály unable to move into a cheaper apartment after Margolius' arrest?
(a) The party refuses to let her.
(b) She cannot afford the moving fees.
(c) She is under house arrest.
(d) There is a housing shortage in Prague.

10. After the change of power in 1956, what does The Party admit in regards to the confessions of political prisoners?
(a) The Party admits that the confessions were exaggerations.
(b) The Party admits that the confessions were ironic.
(c) The Party admits that the confessions were forced.
(d) The Party admits that the confessions were true.

11. After recovering from her illness and mourning, what document does Kovály realize she needs in order to arrange her life?
(a) Her husband's will.
(b) A driver's license.
(c) A death certificate.
(d) Her birth certificate.

12. What punishment does Margolius receive for his supposed crimes?
(a) A monetary fine.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) Ten years hard labor.
(d) The death penalty.

13. What kind of feeling is said to have pervaded Prague in 1968?
(a) A feeling of freedom.
(b) Terror.
(c) Anger.
(d) Hopelessness.

14. How does Kovály learn that the new government has acceded to the demands being put on it?
(a) Over the radio.
(b) At work.
(c) Through a friend.
(d) While walking through a crowd.

15. What does Kovály notice about nearly all the people arrested by the government?
(a) They are middle-level politicians.
(b) They are unmarried men.
(c) They are former resistance members.
(d) They are Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Margolius when Kovály sees him last?

2. in 1968, who amasses military forces along the Czech borders?

3. Listening to Margolius on the radio, what does Kovály realize about what he says?

4. Who is Rudolf Slánský?

5. Where is Pavel Kovály on the morning of the occupation of Czechoslovakia?

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