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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kostka live?
(a) A bachelor flat in a new complex.
(b) In the same hotel Ludvik is staying in.
(c) He has a room in the hospital.
(d) A two-room flat in another town 30 miles away.

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

3. How many empty chairs are at the barber where Ludvik goes to get a shave?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. Where is the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?
(a) He is out on lunch.
(b) He did not come to work that day.
(c) He just left and is on his way out.
(d) He is in his office.

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. Klara
(d) Dr. Kostka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What floor does Kostka live on?

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

3. Where does the narrator go after he leaves the town square?

4. What is the name of the woman who shaves Ludvik?

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

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