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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the officers who took Olga to an office building take her there for?
(a) To take pictures.
(b) To drop her off at work.
(c) To get her opinion.
(d) To sleep with her.

2. What does Olga tell Zuckerman is the only freedom left in this country?
(a) Protest.
(b) The outdoors.
(c) Sexual acts.
(d) Freedom of the press.

3. What kind of suit does Bolotka ask to try on at his apartment?
(a) Leather.
(b) Velvet.
(c) Tweed.
(d) Suede.

4. Why does Olga hate Sisovsky?
(a) He killed her aunt.
(b) He is gay.
(c) He owes her money.
(d) He left her for another woman.

5. What does Olga say Sisovsky will do with the stories if he gets them?
(a) Destroy them.
(b) Auction them to the highest bidder.
(c) Publish them in his own name.
(d) Return them.

6. In what language is the manuscript of Sisovksy's father written?
(a) Polish.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) Russian.

7. What does Oldrich Hrobeck tell Zuckerman the authorities believe him to be?
(a) A spy.
(b) An ambassador.
(c) A Communist.
(d) A Russian.

8. What does Olga say loudly for the bug in Zuckerman's room to hear her?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) The toilet is clogged.
(c) She has gas.
(d) She wants to marry him.

9. Novak says the writers that Zuckerman associated with in Prague are what?
(a) Traitors.
(b) Saints.
(c) Moral deviants.
(d) Losers.

10. What arrives to take Zuckerman to the airport after the manuscript is confiscated?
(a) A black limo.
(b) A bus.
(c) A cop car.
(d) A train.

11. What refers to a tea with plum brandy commonly drunk in Czechoslovakia?
(a) Oolong tea.
(b) Slivovitz-larded tea.
(c) Black tea.
(d) Red tea.

12. Within how much time after leaving Olga do the authorities confiscate the manuscript?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 2 days.

13. When does Oldrick Hrobek tell Zuckerman to meet him when he leaves the hotel?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

14. The man who sends Zuckerman a note at the hotel is what?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A security guard.
(c) A student.
(d) The dean.

15. What does Olga tell Zuckerman in their next meeting after the hotel breakfast?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She wants to marry him.
(c) She has a fatal disease.
(d) She is already married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Minister of Culture and a successful writer in Czechoslovakia?

2. Who does Zuckerman go to meet after attempting to meet Oldrich Hrobek with no success?

3. Who does Bolotka say are writers and teachers in Communist Czechoslovakia?

4. Blecha is terrible at what?

5. Who does Olga claim wants to be a hero to the Jews?

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