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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) "Many Tongues."
(c) "A Simpler Tongue."
(d) "Tongue Twister."

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

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

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

5. Sisovsky tells Zuckerman his father would have never been published in Czechoslovakia because of his what?
(a) Political corruption.
(b) Copyright laws.
(c) Jewish stories.
(d) His last name.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the narrator describe the woman with Sisovsky as being in the beginning of the novel?

2. Sisovsky explains Eva cannot return to Prague because she cannot do what there?

3. Who has possession of Sisovsky's father's stories?

4. What does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman pursues Eva in their first meeting?

5. The narrative of "The Prague Orgy" is written in what person, largely?

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