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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Czech people hate Eva for?
(a) Risque behavior.
(b) Practicing the wrong religion.
(c) Being with a Jew.
(d) Being a lesbian.

2. What was the name of the man Eva left her husband for in the narrative?
(a) Mr. Sobotka.
(b) Mr. Polak.
(c) Mr. Cunek.
(d) Mr. Skromach.

3. With what kind of vowels does Zuckerman say Sisovsky speaks in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Myconian.
(b) Russian.
(c) Oxonian.
(d) Dragonian.

4. 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) Pet the dog.
(c) Play chess.
(d) Talk to his daughter.

5. "The Prague Orgy" is part of a collection by Roth referred to as what?
(a) Tucker bound.
(b) Eastern Europe bound.
(c) Zuckerman Bound.
(d) Jewish Faith bound.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Philip Roth born?

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

3. What did the authorities do to the agent who harshly interrogated Eva?

4. Whose writing does Sisovsky describe studying in his first meeting with Zuckerman?

5. Olga is married to whom?

(see the answer key)

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