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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six: Kostka.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Helena doing at the age of eighteen?
(a) Schoolwork.
(b) In the gallows.
(c) Espionage.
(d) Raising her child.

2. When Marketa and Ludvik reunite at University, how does Marketa act?
(a) She tells Ludvik she has another lover.
(b) Exactly the same.
(c) She ignores Ludvik completely.
(d) She professes her love for Ludvik.

3. Who gave Helena the pendant she wears?
(a) Ludvik.
(b) Her child.
(c) Her father.
(d) Zemanek.

4. What did the director of the state-farm call Lucie?
(a) "The little shephardess who could."
(b) "The little grave robber."
(c) "The best cook in all of Bohemia."
(d) "The little fairy-princess."

5. After a separation in which Marketa fares far better than Ludvik, he sends her something to hurt her. What is it that he sends Marketa?
(a) A joke in letter.
(b) A poem in a letter.
(c) A joke on a postcard.
(d) A photograph of Stalin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helena claims she would do anything to save her marriage. Why?

2. Who is the narrator of part six?

3. At the end of her first year at university, Marketa is sent away by who?

4. How is the local hospital in Moravia set up?

5. Ludvik overhears his neighbors in the hotel as soon as he is settled in. What does he learn about the neighbors?

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