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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 is Sisovsky connected to Judaism?
(a) His grandmother was Jewish.
(b) His father was Jewish.
(c) His grandfather was Jewish.
(d) His mother was Jewish.

2. Where does Sisovsky believe Eva is better off?
(a) New York.
(b) Toronto.
(c) Paris.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

4. This story of Eva leaving her husband foreshadows the narrator's self-discovery of what in the narrative?
(a) Buried treasure.
(b) His Jewish roots.
(c) His true religion.
(d) His purpose in life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is dated in the beginning of "The Prague Orgy"?

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

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

4. What does Eva believe she is for how she handled the bullish authorities in Europe?

5. What does Sisovsky say his father belonged to, in his meeting with Zuckerman?

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