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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Ludvik.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helena's co-workers say about her at work?
(a) She isn't loyal enough.
(b) She is too laid back.
(c) She doesn't do a good job.
(d) She is a fanatic and a Party bloodhound.

2. How does the narrator view the town square of his hometown after his long absence?
(a) He finds it unsightly.
(b) He finds it changed from his memory.
(c) He finds it charming.
(d) He finds it beautiful.

3. Helena claims she would do anything to save her marriage. Why?
(a) For the Party.
(b) For Zemanek.
(c) For her own sake, for the sake of the past.
(d) For her daughter, for honor.

4. Where did Zemanek go at the beginning of part two?
(a) Moravia.
(b) Brno.
(c) Bratislava.
(d) Prague.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Helena's daughter?

2. What floor does Kostka live on?

3. What does Ludvik think of this woman's voice who shaved him?

4. Once Ludvik lost the rights to his University studies he expected to be notified of what compulsory service?

5. Where do Helena and Ludvik go after running around the woods and Helena sings, "Oh brightly shines the sun in our garden..."?

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