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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Kovály use to describe Pavel Kovály?
(a) Playboy.
(b) Maverick.
(c) Misfit.
(d) Rogue.

2. What anniversary celebration does Kovály and Margolius attend in 1950?
(a) The anniversary of Victorious February.
(b) The anniversary of Karl Marx's birth.
(c) The anniversary of Gottwald's appointment as Prime Minister.
(d) The anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.

3. Where does Kovály find a job in order to support herself and Ivan?
(a) At a dairy.
(b) At a print shop.
(c) At a nursery school.
(d) At a factory.

4. To what are the families of arrested individuals subjected?
(a) Financial ruin.
(b) Jail time.
(c) Official hazing.
(d) Termination of employment.

5. What work-at-home job does Kovály find after Margolius' death?
(a) Painting figurines.
(b) Weaving scarves.
(c) Assembling slippers.
(d) Stuffing envelopes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Kovály's neighbors treat her after Margolius' arrest?

2. How long does it take Kovály to obtain the document she needs in order to arrange her life?

3. What kind of feeling is said to have pervaded Prague in 1968?

4. After the change of power in 1956, what does The Party admit in regards to the confessions of political prisoners?

5. In the spring of 1968, what becomes politically common?

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