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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters V through VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kira consider her time with Leo to be?
(a) Indescribable.
(b) Love.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Life.

2. What do the doctors tell Leo?
(a) That he has two years to live.
(b) That he has tuberculosis.
(c) That he needs to go north.
(d) That his bones are weak.

3. Why does Lydia tell Kira that wicked women like her should not be allowed to live?
(a) Because Kira disagreed with Lydia about Communism.
(b) Because Kira stole.
(c) Because Kira broke Lydia's piano.
(d) Because Kira spent the night with Leo.

4. Who is Leo's father?
(a) A count.
(b) An admiral.
(c) A thief.
(d) A minister.

5. Victor's engineering degree and marriage should help him with what?
(a) Feeling more successful than Kira.
(b) Getting a loan for a bigger house.
(c) Getting a better position in the Communist Party.
(d) Becoming closer to his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kira find it hard to be in the same room with Leo?

2. Who joins the Communist Party?

3. What happens to Lenin in the spring of 1923?

4. Why does Kira chase after the train Leo is in?

5. Where does Leo say he is going the night Kira finds out she won't be questioned any further?

(see the answer key)

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