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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Philip Roth attend college?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Florida State University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Bucknell University.

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

3. To whom was Eva married in Europe?
(a) A British singer.
(b) A Czech actor.
(c) A Russian spy.
(d) An Irish politician.

4. Where did Philip Roth grow up?
(a) Portland, ME.
(b) Boston, MA.
(c) Pittsburgh, PA.
(d) Newark, NJ.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the man Eva left her husband for in the narrative?

2. Where does Sisovsky believe Eva is better off?

3. This story of Eva leaving her husband foreshadows the narrator's self-discovery of what in the narrative?

4. With what kind of vowels does Zuckerman say Sisovsky speaks in the beginning of the novel?

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

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