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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.
(c) Ludvik knows the woman's younger sister.
(d) Ludvik dislikes this woman.

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

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

4. How is the local hospital in Moravia set up?
(a) A complex of buildings spread out.
(b) Two identical towers facing each other.
(c) A small, sad shack.
(d) One large building of concrete.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Ludvik and Kostka sit in Kostka's flat before he has to go back to the hospital and chat over what?

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