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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Zuckerman live in New York?
(a) Upper East Side.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Upper West Side.
(d) Brooklyn.

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

3. 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.

4. What month is dated in the beginning of "The Prague Orgy"?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) January.

5. What river flows through Prague?
(a) Vltava River.
(b) Kalousek River.
(c) Kuhnl River.
(d) Filip River.

6. What does Olga write, which are beloved by the Czech people?
(a) Existential satires.
(b) Children's farces.
(c) Love stories.
(d) Mystery novels.

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

8. What liquor is available at the orgy parties at Klenek's?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Rum.
(c) Absinthe.
(d) Whiskey.

9. When was Philip Roth born?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1931.

10. What does the title of Olga's best-seller translate to in English?
(a) Belonging.
(b) Loving.
(c) Longing.
(d) Laughing.

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

12. What was the man Eva left her husband for?
(a) A Buddhist monk.
(b) A Spanish bullfighter.
(c) A Zionist agent.
(d) A British prince.

13. What did the authorities do to the agent who harshly interrogated Eva?
(a) Promoted him.
(b) Fired him.
(c) Executed him.
(d) Suspended him.

14. What does Eva beg of Sisovsky while meeting with Zuckerman?
(a) To marry her.
(b) To sell him her novel.
(c) To tell him her story.
(d) To stop telling her story.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sisovsky admire very much about Zuckerman?

2. Who is with the boy Olga shows her vagina to at Klenek's?

3. What guest at Klenek's is a great writer who is scared of everything, especially the government?

4. When was the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia?

5. How old does the narrator describe the woman with Sisovsky as being in the beginning of the novel?

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