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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bolotka answer when Zuckerman asks how he and his friends can live in such a chaotic country?
(a) Stubborness.
(b) Adaptability.
(c) Too afraid to leave.
(d) Lack of intelligence.

2. Who does Olga tell the boy at the orgy party videotapes her?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her teacher.
(c) A local pervert.
(d) The government.

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

4. What is a well-known fact about Klenek's house?
(a) It belongs to the government.
(b) It is associated with the Underground Railroad.
(c) It is spy headquarters.
(d) It is bugged.

5. Who does Zuckerman claim he is going to meet in order to leave the party at Klenek's?
(a) Bolotka.
(b) Olga.
(c) Two writers.
(d) Claus.

6. How old does the narrator describe the woman with Sisovsky as being in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 16.
(b) 24.
(c) 40.
(d) 37.

7. What does Olga say she will do tonight to Bolotka at Klenek's?
(a) Sing the national anthem.
(b) Have sex.
(c) Shoot herself.
(d) Get drunk.

8. Where does Bolotka tell Zuckerman Olga's lover is now?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) An insane asylum.
(c) In the cemetery.
(d) In jail.

9. Bolotka tells Zuckerman there are only microphones at Klenek's, not what?
(a) Video cameras.
(b) Satellites.
(c) Spies.
(d) Infiltrators.

10. Why does Sisovsky claim the Czech government let them leave?
(a) They were exiled.
(b) They were rich.
(c) They wanted to.
(d) They were poor.

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

12. What does the title of Olga's best-seller translate to in English?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Belonging.
(c) Longing.
(d) Loving.

13. What does Olga demand before showing her vagina to the boy at the orgy?
(a) Money.
(b) Drugs.
(c) To see his.
(d) Alcohol.

14. Where is Klenek currently directing film in the narrative?
(a) Poland.
(b) Russia.
(c) Ireland.
(d) France.

15. What liquor is available at the orgy parties at Klenek's?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Absinthe.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Rum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Czech people hate Eva for?

2. What does Eva beg of Sisovsky while meeting with Zuckerman?

3. How many stories did Sisovsky's father write, according to him in the discussion with Zuckerman?

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

5. Whose writing does Sisovsky describe studying in his first meeting with Zuckerman?

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