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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's main reflection on the traditional café? Question 2 of 6What does a man do when he enters his usual café? Question 3 of 6Why is the café called the parliament of the poor "with more truth than jest"? Question 4 of 6What does the visit to an absent regular's home show? Question 5 of 6What does the author mean by "nostalgia shouldn't hide them"? Question 6 of 6What dilemma does the closing question pose? Vocabularyلَافِتَةsign
رُوَّادهits regulars
الْمُعْتَادَةusual
يَنْطِقُutters
الْمُزَاحjest, joking
الْمُتَقَاعِدُونretirees
الصَّفَقَاتdeals
الْإِيجَارrent
غَيْر الْمَكْتُوبَةunwritten
شَبَكَة أَمَان اجْتِمَاعِيّsocial safety net
تَلْفِتُ الْأَنْظَارَdraws attention, stares
مُنْكَبّ عَلَىhunched over, absorbed in