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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organ does Helena have trouble with, under the slightest bit of exertion?
(a) Her stomach.
(b) Her lungs.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Her brain.

2. What was the last thing Ludvik said after leaving his meeting with the board?
(a) "Justice to people."
(b) "Honor to justice."
(c) "People for labor."
(d) "Honor to labor."

3. Ludvik overhears his neighbors in the hotel as soon as he is settled in. What does he learn about the neighbors?
(a) They are a small family of three.
(b) They are a man and a woman.
(c) It is an old man traveling alone, talking to himself.
(d) They are a large family of five.

4. According to Ludvik, what kind of woman is Marketa?
(a) She takes everything seriously.
(b) She can't settle down.
(c) She separates work and home really well.
(d) She is always joking around.

5. Though Ludvik claims to not be a big lover of poetry, he carried three books of poetry with him. Who was the poet that authored these books?
(a) MIlan Rufus.
(b) Frantisek Halas.
(c) Pavel Zajicek.
(d) Andre Brenton.

6. What is the name of the narrator's hometown?
(a) Brno.
(b) Moravia.
(c) Prague.
(d) Bratislava.

7. As a student, where did Ludvik hold an important post?
(a) Society of Students.
(b) Sect of Young Marxists.
(c) League of University Students.
(d) Justice of Collegiate Students.

8. What movie does Ludvik end up watching in his pursuit of the person he is following on his weekend alone?
(a) Court of Honor
(b) In the Court of Labor.
(c) The Honor of Labor
(d) Labor and You: A Story of Honor

9. What does Ludvik's group, marked by their black insignia, work on every morning?
(a) The roads.
(b) The hospitals.
(c) The sewers.
(d) The mines.

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

11. What happened in 1956 and how did it affect Helena and Zemanek?
(a) Stalin's crimes came out, but Helena remained loyal.
(b) Stalin became a hero but Pavel didn't like him.
(c) Stalin became a hero but Helena didn't like him.
(d) Stalin's crimes came out, but Pavel remained loyal.

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

13. How did Helena meet Ludvik?
(a) She had to interview him.
(b) In the gallows.
(c) At a demonstration.
(d) He had to interview her.

14. Once Ludvik lost the rights to his University studies he expected to be notified of what compulsory service?
(a) Construction.
(b) Military.
(c) Sanitation.
(d) Education.

15. What does Helena like about Ludvik?
(a) He is normal and straightforward.
(b) He is strange and mysterious.
(c) He is melancholy and artistic.
(d) He is changable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Zemanek and Helena after the demonstration in Old Town Square?

2. When Marketa and Ludvik reunite at University, how does Marketa act?

3. Why is Helena going to Moravia?

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

5. What floor does Kostka live on?

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