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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 18-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Czech writer does Zuckerman meet in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Zdenek Kafka.
(b) Damek Sisovsky.
(c) Zdenek Sisovsky.
(d) Damek Kafka.

2. What does Sisovsky claim to hate when talking with Zuckerman in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Ideologues.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Magicians.

3. With what kind of vowels does Zuckerman say Sisovsky speaks in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Dragonian.
(b) Russian.
(c) Oxonian.
(d) Myconian.

4. Sisovsky's father's last ten stories were about what?
(a) Jesus and Moses.
(b) Military heroes.
(c) Sporting events.
(d) The Nazis and Jews.

5. What did the authorities do to the agent who harshly interrogated Eva?
(a) Promoted him.
(b) Suspended him.
(c) Fired him.
(d) Executed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sisovsky claim he looks like in his family?

2. Where does Zuckerman live in New York?

3. Who did Sisovsky's father's Gestapo officer/protector shoot in Sisovsky's story?

4. What kind of response did Zuckerman's famous novel have in America, according to Sisovsky?

5. Sisovsky tells Zuckerman his father would have never been published in Czechoslovakia because of his what?

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