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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kostka live?
(a) A bachelor flat in a new complex.
(b) He has a room in the hospital.
(c) A two-room flat in another town 30 miles away.
(d) In the same hotel Ludvik is staying in.

2. How much money does Ludvik pull out of his pocket to pay the woman for his shave?
(a) Four crowns.
(b) Ten crowns.
(c) Five crowns.
(d) One crown.

3. Who said, "May melancholy never taint my name."?
(a) Moravia.
(b) Zedna.
(c) Fucik.
(d) Stalin.

4. When does Helena believe her co-workers started disliking her?
(a) Helena was having an affair and misled the Party.
(b) Helena was having multiple affairs and misleading the Party.
(c) Two co-workers were having an affair and Helena took their side.
(d) Two co-workers were having an affair and Helena took a stand against it.

5. Where do Helena and Ludvik go after running around the woods and Helena sings, "Oh brightly shines the sun in our garden..."?
(a) A little inn for bread and sausuage.
(b) A little inn to rent a room.
(c) Ludvik runs off and Helena returns home.
(d) Another town to get further away, where they decide to elope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kostka hopes that Ludvik will use his flat for what?

2. What did Zemanek give Helena, his most favorite possession, as a gesture of reconciliation?

3. Where did Zemanek go at the beginning of part two?

4. What does Helena like about Ludvik?

5. What floor does Kostka live on?

(see the answer key)

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