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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ludvik find Kostka's flat?
(a) It is very attractive.
(b) It is overly lavish.
(c) It is dingy.
(d) It is sparse.

2. 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 knows the woman's younger sister.
(b) Ludvik knows the woman.
(c) Ludvik doesn't know this woman.
(d) Ludvik dislikes this woman.

3. What is the name of the woman who shaves Ludvik?
(a) Lucie.
(b) Jana.
(c) Katka.
(d) Helena.

4. In the beginning of the novel, the narrator claims his mission could have been completed in what city?
(a) Tisovec.
(b) Bratislava.
(c) Brno.
(d) Prague.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the name of the man Ludvik asks for at the booth at the gate of the hospital?

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

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