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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 small family of three.
(c) They are a man and a woman.
(d) They are a large family of five.

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

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

4. After the woman giving Ludvik finishes soaping his face and gets up to retrieve the razor, Ludvick wants to look at her and realizes what?
(a) Ludvik doesn't know this woman.
(b) Ludvik knows the woman's younger sister.
(c) Ludvik knows the woman.
(d) Ludvik dislikes this woman.

5. How much money does Ludvik pull out of his pocket to pay the woman for his shave?
(a) Ten crowns.
(b) Four crowns.
(c) Five crowns.
(d) One crown.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the woman cleans Ludvik's face with a towel, what does Ludvik pretend?

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?

3. How does Ludvik find Kostka's flat?

4. What is the state of Ludvik's hotel room?

5. How many empty chairs are at the barber where Ludvik goes to get a shave?

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