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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the mass meeting Kovály attends in 1967?
(a) Party officials take questions from the attendees.
(b) The leader of the Communist Party stops by.
(c) A riot takes place.
(d) A vote occurs which decides the fate of protestors.

2. During the summer of 1953, Kovály volunteers to help with what?
(a) A friend's anniversary party.
(b) The harvest.
(c) A Communist rally.
(d) A public building project.

3. What is listed Margolius' official cause of death?
(a) An infection.
(b) Heart failure.
(c) Natural causes.
(d) Suffocation by hanging.

4. Who is Merenka?
(a) A Communist Party spy.
(b) The Margolius' next-door neighbor.
(c) Ivan's teacher.
(d) The Margolius' live-in assistant.

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

6. How old is Margolius when Kovály sees him last?
(a) Thirty-nine.
(b) Forty-three.
(c) Thirty-four.
(d) Forty-six.

7. Who is Rudolf Slánský?
(a) A Communist politician.
(b) Margolius' underling.
(c) A Russian diplomat.
(d) A resistance leader.

8. What book does Margolius tell Kovály he has read and enjoyed.
(a) Men of Clear Conscience.
(b) Illusion and Liberty.
(c) Animal Farm.
(d) The Communist Manifesto.

9. When Margolias' trial begins, how long has it been since his arrest?
(a) Fifteen months.
(b) Twelve months.
(c) Seven months.
(d) Three months.

10. Who hides some of Kovály's items in her building's basement?
(a) Pavel Kovály.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Kovály herself.
(d) Mrs. Machova.

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

12. Where does Kovály have her last meeting with Margolius?
(a) At the Communist Party headquarters.
(b) At a courthouse.
(c) At a prison.
(d) At their apartment.

13. Whose permission does Kovály require in order to obtain the document she needs to arrange her life?
(a) A notary public's.
(b) A doctor's.
(c) A lawyer's.
(d) The Communist Party's.

14. What happens when Pavel Kovály and Kovály marry?
(a) Their wedding is interrupted by a riot.
(b) Ivan disapproves.
(c) Pavel is fired.
(d) They make plans to emigrate to Britain.

15. How does Marenka secure hospitalization for Kovály?
(a) Marenka pays for the treatment.
(b) Marenka bribes a doctor.
(c) Marenka causes a public scene.
(d) Marenka's sister works at the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margolius beg Kovály to do during their last meeting?

2. At his trial, to what crime does Margolius confess?

3. After the change of power in 1956, what does The Party admit in regards to the confessions of political prisoners?

4. What does the party committee tell Kovály about her husband?

5. What is the meaning of the 'S' stamped on Margolius' case file?

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