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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kostka hopes that Ludvik will use his flat for what?
(a) "Something really beautiful."
(b) "Something very clean."
(c) "Something destructive."
(d) "Something very laughable."

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

3. What favor does Ludvik ask of Kostka?
(a) Ludvik asks Kostka to lend him some clothes.
(b) Ludvik asks Kostka to buy him dinner.
(c) Ludvik asks Kostka to use his flat.
(d) Ludvik asks Kostka to get him a job.

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

5. What is the name of the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?
(a) Dr. Lucie
(b) Dr. Zemanek.
(c) Dr. Kostka.
(d) Dr. Klara

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator of the first section of the novel?

2. How does Ludvik feel about the differences between himself and Kostka?

3. Ludvik, as the woman giving him a shave soaps his face, slips into what?

4. Where does Kostka live?

5. What does Ludvik think of this woman's voice who shaved him?

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