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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which group does Kovály contact after receiving the note from Ruda?
2. Where does Kovály see a mass demonstration in 1948?
3. After the end of the war, which one of Kovály's friends gives her a place to stay?
4. Why does Margolius accept a high-ranking government job?
5. In which country is Kovály born?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Kovály describe the feeling in Prague by the middle of 1951?
2. What is life like for Kovály as a slave laborer at Auschwitz?
3. How are Kovály and Margolius able to communicate after his arrest?
4. What happens to Kovály's family at Auschwitz?
5. Why is Communism appealing to the Czech people after the war?
6. How is Kovály treated differently at the hospital when it became known that her husband had been arrested?
7. What minor miracle does Bartos achieve for Kovály which enabled her to visit a hospital?
8. Where does Kovály find work in 1946?
9. What is contained in the note that Ruda sends Kovály after she settles in his apartment?
10. What brought the war to a conclusion for Kovály personally?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the portrayal of the Nazi concentration camps in "Under A Cruel Star." What are some anecdotes that Kovály shares with the reader? What is Kovály's personal experience in the concentration camps like? How does she overcome this trying period in her life?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Kovály's second husband, Pavel Kovály. How do they meet? What happens to Pavel after he marries Heda? Why does this happen?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motif of fear and terror in "Under A Cruel Star." Of what is Kovály and the citizens of Czechoslovakia fearful? How is their fear conveyed to others? How does Kovály experience the fear of others? How does this fear affect her? Who is terrorizing Czechoslovakia and why? How are they spreading terror?
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