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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 death certificate.
(c) Her birth certificate.
(d) A driver's license.

2. Who is Dr. Bartos?
(a) A pediatrician.
(b) An attorney.
(c) A surgeon.
(d) A psychologist

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

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

5. What would one have to do in order to buy anything?
(a) Order via catalogue.
(b) Wait in long lines.
(c) Go to a central city market.
(d) File a request with local authorities.

6. How is Margolius personally impacted by Slánský's arrest?
(a) The arrest makes Margolius question the Communist government for the first time.
(b) The arrest makes Margolius paranoid.
(c) The arrest makes Margolius regret his friendship with Slánský.
(d) The arrest means Margolius' gets a promotion at work.

7. Who is favored by Communist propaganda?
(a) Ethnic minorities.
(b) The working poor.
(c) Middle-class professionals.
(d) The wealthy.

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

9. 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.

10. What do the police seize from the Margolius' apartment?
(a) Jewish cultural items.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Documents and cash.
(d) Items made of silver.

11. In 1967, public sentiment shifts away from what?
(a) Democratic ideals.
(b) Spending money on rebuilding Prague.
(c) Equal rights for women.
(d) The Communist Party.

12. Where does Kovály find a job in order to support herself and Ivan?
(a) At a print shop.
(b) At a nursery school.
(c) At a factory.
(d) At a dairy.

13. What does the Party tell Kovály they refused to do in regards to Margolius?
(a) Publicly acknowledge his experience as a prisoner.
(b) Publicly acknowledge his guilt.
(c) Publicly acknowledge his existence.
(d) Publicly acknowledge his innocence.

14. What is Pavel Kovály said to have had no interest in?
(a) Making money.
(b) Czech independence.
(c) Party politics.
(d) Other people.

15. What profession does Kovály assume after marrying Pavel?
(a) She becomes a teacher.
(b) English-language book translation.
(c) She becomes a seamstress.
(d) She becomes a librarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work does Pavel Kovály find for Kovály after she loses her work-at-home job?

2. What work-at-home job does Kovály find after Margolius' death?

3. After her illness, what does Kovály do to prepare to reenter the outside world?

4. How do Kovály's neighbors treat her after Margolius' arrest?

5. What happens when Pavel Kovály and Kovály marry?

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