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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 45-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the school tell Bolotka he could not change his major?
(a) Citizens invested in him as a dentist.
(b) Citizens invested in him as a conductor.
(c) Citizens invested in him as a lawyer.
(d) Citizens invested in him as a doctor.

2. Why does Olga ask to switch tables at the hotel dining room?
(a) It is by the door.
(b) The table is dirty.
(c) It is not by the window.
(d) She thinks this one is bugged.

3. When was the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1943.

4. Why does Olga hate Sisovsky?
(a) He killed her aunt.
(b) He left her for another woman.
(c) He owes her money.
(d) He is gay.

5. The narrative of "The Prague Orgy" is written in what person, largely?
(a) None.
(b) Third.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bolotka's apartment like?

2. Who stays in the bathroom with the boy at Klenek's party?

3. Why does Sisovsky claim the Czech government let them leave?

4. Where does Sisovsky say he arrived in Canada from in the beginning of the novel?

5. What does Olga demand before showing her vagina to the boy at the orgy?

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