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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the state of Ludvik's hotel room?
(a) Cosy; very well furnished.
(b) Welcoming; two chairs at the table.
(c) Comfortable; a firm bed.
(d) Sparse; not exactly attractive.

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

3. 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 dislikes this woman.
(c) Ludvik knows the woman's younger sister.
(d) Ludvik knows the woman.

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

5. What floor does Kostka live on?
(a) The third floor.
(b) The fourth floor.
(c) The second floor.
(d) The fifth floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the local hospital in Moravia set up?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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