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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Ludvik.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ludvik sits down to have a shave, what does he do?
(a) Talk to the girl shaving him right away.
(b) Start a conversation with the man in the chair next to him.
(c) Check his appearance in the mirror.
(d) Avoid the mirror and look at the ceiling.

2. Ludvik and Kostka, just before Kostka returns to the hospital, come to an ideological impasse. How long ago were they in the same position?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Fourteen years.
(d) Seven years.

3. How is the local hospital in Moravia set up?
(a) A small, sad shack.
(b) One large building of concrete.
(c) Two identical towers facing each other.
(d) A complex of buildings spread out.

4. As the woman cleans Ludvik's face with a towel, what does Ludvik pretend?
(a) She is caressing him.
(b) He is being cleaned by someone else.
(c) She is slapping him.
(d) He is back in Prague with his regular barber.

5. At the beginning of the novel, how long has the narrator been away from his home?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ludvik asks Kostka for a recommendation for what service?

2. How does Kostka receive Ludvik after not seeing each other in so long?

3. Where does Kostka live?

4. How does the narrator view the town square of his hometown after his long absence?

5. Ludvik and Kostka sit in Kostka's flat before he has to go back to the hospital and chat over what?

(see the answer key)

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