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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role had Eva played which led people to believe she was Jewish?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Susan B. Anthony.
(c) Anne Frank.
(d) Betsy Ross.

2. To whom was Eva married in Europe?
(a) A Czech actor.
(b) An Irish politician.
(c) A British singer.
(d) A Russian spy.

3. Who does Bolotka tell Zuckerman attend the orgy parties in Prague?
(a) 15-year-old girls.
(b) 10-year-old virgins.
(c) 80-year-old men.
(d) 20-year-old homosexuals.

4. Where does Sisovsky say he arrived in Canada from in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Prague.
(b) Rome.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

5. What is the name of the famous bridge and tourist attraction in Prague?
(a) Petera Bridge.
(b) Vladimir Bridge.
(c) Charles Bridge.
(d) Vltava Bridge.

6. What do Zuckerman and Bolotka pass on the way to Klenek's?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A Jewish cemetery.
(c) A church.
(d) A burning house.

7. Zuckerman views the partiers at Klenek's and does not see any what?
(a) 15-year-old girls.
(b) 15-year-old boys.
(c) 80-year-old men.
(d) 10-year-old boys.

8. Who is with the boy Olga shows her vagina to at Klenek's?
(a) Mr. Sisovsky.
(b) Mr. Bursík.
(c) Mr. Vodicka.
(d) Mr. Bolotka.

9. Who accused Eva and her family of being Jews in Europe?
(a) The Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs.
(b) The Czech Deputy Prime Minister.
(c) The Czech Minister of Defence.
(d) The Czech Vice-Minster of Culture.

10. What kind of response did Zuckerman's famous novel have in America, according to Sisovsky?
(a) Angry.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Intrigue.
(d) Scandalous.

11. When does Sisovsky say he published one little satire in Prague?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1967.

12. What are not allowed at the orgy parties at Klenek's?
(a) Police.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Food.
(d) Dogs.

13. In what language did Sisovsky's father write?
(a) Polish.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) Czech.
(d) Hebrew.

14. What did the Gestapo officer come to Sisovsky's father's house every day to do during World War II?
(a) Talk to his daughter.
(b) Pet the dog.
(c) Play chess.
(d) Have a glass of milk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sisovsky claim Eva is with now, which is her ruin, when talking to Zuckerman?

2. What is the name of the story Sisovsky's father wrote about a Jewish boy who speaks textbook German, flavorless Czech and simple Yiddish?

3. What was Eva's profession in Europe?

4. Where did Philip Roth grow up?

5. What did the Czech people hate Eva for?

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