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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Olga tell Bolotka she will steal tonight at Klenek's party?
(a) A Russian tank.
(b) An AK-47.
(c) A grenade.
(d) A dog.

3. 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.

4. Why does Sisovsky claim the Czech government let them leave?
(a) They wanted to.
(b) They were poor.
(c) They were rich.
(d) They were exiled.

5. When did Sisovsky's father die?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1944.

6. What does Sisovsky claim to hate when talking with Zuckerman in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Ideologues.
(c) Magicians.
(d) Politicians.

7. For what novel had Zuckerman achieved fame?
(a) Carnovsky.
(b) Havlícek.
(c) Svoboda.
(d) Vetchy.

8. Bolotka says if the authorities question him about Zuckerman, he will say Zuckerman visits to sleep with who?
(a) 25-year-old women.
(b) 15-year-old girls.
(c) 70-year-old women.
(d) 12-year-old girls.

9. What is the date of Zuckerman's writing of his arrival in Prague?
(a) February 11.
(b) March 12.
(c) January 28.
(d) June 8.

10. Olga is married to whom?
(a) Sedivy.
(b) Vodicka.
(c) Sisovsky.
(d) Kalvoda.

11. Zuckerman views the partiers at Klenek's and does not see any what?
(a) 15-year-old boys.
(b) 15-year-old girls.
(c) 10-year-old boys.
(d) 80-year-old men.

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

13. What did the Gestapo officer come to Sisovsky's father's house every day to do during World War II?
(a) Play chess.
(b) Talk to his daughter.
(c) Pet the dog.
(d) Have a glass of milk.

14. What does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman pursues Eva in their first meeting?
(a) Jewish demons.
(b) A stray cat.
(c) American yankees.
(d) German heroes.

15. Why does Sisovsky say he wrote to Zuckerman?
(a) They went to school together.
(b) He is related to him.
(c) He read about him.
(d) He idolizes him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language did Sisovsky's father write?

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

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

4. What does Olga say she will do tonight to Bolotka at Klenek's?

5. Who does Olga tell the boy at the orgy party videotapes her?

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