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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 24-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who meets Zuckerman to show him around at Klenek's?
(a) Lausman.
(b) Klaus.
(c) Necas.
(d) Bolotka.

2. Where is Klenek currently directing film in the narrative?
(a) Russia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) France.

3. Who accused Eva and her family of being Jews in Europe?
(a) The Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs.
(b) The Czech Minister of Defence.
(c) The Czech Vice-Minster of Culture.
(d) The Czech Deputy Prime Minister.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What quiet, lovely, residential area is referred to as the Venice of Prague?

3. Why does Sisovsky claim the Czech government let them leave?

4. Sisovsky tells Zuckerman his father would have never been published in Czechoslovakia because of his what?

5. Where is Eva from?

(see the answer key)

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