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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 67-73.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where had Sisovsky's father stayed during the war, according to Olga?
(a) In an attic.
(b) Underneath a house.
(c) In his uncle's garage.
(d) A Gentile friend's bathroom.

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

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

4. Who does Zuckerman receive a note from at the hotel while in the lobby with Olga?
(a) Oldrich Hrobeck.
(b) Jan Kohout.
(c) Jirí Sedivy.
(d) Pavel Mertlík.

5. Who screams in horror when Olga shows her vagina at Klenek's?
(a) The girl.
(b) The boy.
(c) The man.
(d) The woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Zuckerman offer to marry Olga to in negotiating the manuscript?

2. Who does Olga suggest Sisovsky can live off of when talking with Zuckerman at breakfast?

3. What does Olga say Sisovsky will do with the stories if he gets them?

4. Where does Sisovsky say he arrived in Canada from in the beginning of the novel?

5. What refers to a citizenship paper that citizens carry in the Soviet Union which serves to identify the citizen correctly, much like a passport or driver's license?

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