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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many stories did Sisovsky's father write, according to him in the discussion with Zuckerman?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Thousands.

3. Sisovsky explains Eva cannot return to Prague because she cannot do what there?
(a) Be seen.
(b) Get an identification card.
(c) Act.
(d) Communicate with anyone.

4. Where is Eva from?
(a) Prague.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

5. What is the name of the story Sisovsky's father wrote about a Jewish boy who speaks textbook German, flavorless Czech and simple Yiddish?
(a) "Mother Tongue."
(b) "A Simpler Tongue."
(c) "Many Tongues."
(d) "Tongue Twister."

Short Answer Questions

1. What Czech writer does Zuckerman meet in the beginning of the novel?

2. What is Eva's profession in America?

3. What did the Gestapo officer come to Sisovsky's father's house every day to do during World War II?

4. What does Sisovsky claim to hate when talking with Zuckerman in the beginning of the novel?

5. Where did Philip Roth grow up?

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