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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 asks Kostka for a recommendation for what service?
(a) Entertainment for the evening.
(b) A shave.
(c) A store that sells liquor.
(d) A decent dinner.

2. Ludvik decides to leave his hotel shortly after arriving for the first time. What does he want to do?
(a) Send a letter at the post office.
(b) Obtain something to eat.
(c) Buy a new suit.
(d) Ask an acquaintance for a discreet favor.

3. Ludvik and Kostka sit in Kostka's flat before he has to go back to the hospital and chat over what?
(a) Tea.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Juice.
(d) Coffee.

4. 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.

5. How does the narrator view the town square of his hometown after his long absence?
(a) He finds it charming.
(b) He finds it changed from his memory.
(c) He finds it beautiful.
(d) He finds it unsightly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kostka hopes that Ludvik will use his flat for what?

3. How much money does Ludvik pull out of his pocket to pay the woman for his shave?

4. When Ludvik sits down to have a shave, what does he do?

5. Ludvik and Kostka, just before Kostka returns to the hospital, come to an ideological impasse. How long ago were they in the same position?

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