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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Moravia reminds the narrator of what city?
(a) Ostrava.
(b) Prague.
(c) Bratislava.
(d) Brno.

2. Ludvik, as the woman giving him a shave soaps his face, slips into what?
(a) A lie.
(b) A nap.
(c) A fantasy.
(d) A conversation.

3. When did Helena realize she was in love with Zemanek?
(a) At a meeting for the Youth League.
(b) While visiting Italy with their ensemble.
(c) After they married.
(d) On the anniversary of the Liberation in Old Town Square.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?

2. What does Helena claim she is looking for?

3. What was Helena doing at the age of eighteen?

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

5. Where is Marketa sent, at the end of her first year at university?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Helena describe Zemanek in part two?

2. After their second meeting, Ludvik tells Helena that he is going to pick her up in front of the station the following day. What did they do on this outing?

3. How is Ludvik's attitude immediately following his move to Ostrava?

4. How does Helena feel about younger women?

5. What is the relationship between Kostka and Ludvik like?

6. Why don't Helena's coworkers like her?

7. Why did Ludvik send Marketa the postcard?

8. How does Ludvik find out the identity of the woman who shaved him?

9. How did Marketa react to the postcard Ludvik sent?

10. After Marketa and Ludvik speak candidly about the postcard, Ludvik suggests he could win Marketa despite everything. How, and what, does he do?

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