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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Olga scribble to Zuckerman on a notepad in his hotel room?
(a) To shut up.
(b) Turn out the lights.
(c) To speak louder.
(d) She wants to leave.

3. What major did Bolotka want to change to while at the university?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Law.
(d) Fine Arts.

4. What British term for bathroom do characters use in the narrative?
(a) Pooper.
(b) Can.
(c) Loo.
(d) Head.

5. Who does Zuckerman receive a note from at the hotel while in the lobby with Olga?
(a) Pavel Mertlík.
(b) Oldrich Hrobeck.
(c) Jan Kohout.
(d) Jirí Sedivy.

6. What did Bolotka's childhood friend go on to become?
(a) A rock star.
(b) A priest.
(c) A National Artist.
(d) A homeless bum.

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

8. Why did the school tell Bolotka he could not change his major?
(a) Citizens invested in him as a lawyer.
(b) Citizens invested in him as a conductor.
(c) Citizens invested in him as a doctor.
(d) Citizens invested in him as a dentist.

9. Novak says to Zuckerman there is no what about writers in Czechoslovakia?
(a) Credibility.
(b) Dignity.
(c) Truth.
(d) Paranoia.

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

11. What does Zuckerman smoke over breakfast when dining with Olga?
(a) A Cuban cigar.
(b) A pipe.
(c) A Russian cigar.
(d) An English cigarette.

12. What older American best-seller is virtually unknown but Novak thinks it is a masterpiece?
(a) Spring in Prague.
(b) Remembering You.
(c) The Egg and I.
(d) Of Mice and Men.

13. What does Zuckerman tell Olga he has come to Prague to get at breakfast?
(a) A family heirloom.
(b) His dignity.
(c) The money he is owed.
(d) Sisovsky's father's stories.

14. On what condition did Bolotka's childhood friend offer to help him recently at a bar?
(a) He stop telling the story.
(b) He stop writing.
(c) He leave his wife.
(d) He go to the authorities.

15. Who does Olga claim wants to be a hero to the Jews?
(a) Zuckerman.
(b) Eva.
(c) Sisovsky.
(d) Oldrich Hrobek.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Olga tell Zuckerman is the only freedom left in this country?

3. Where had Sisovsky's father stayed during the war, according to Olga?

4. What does Novak conclude his father essentially was?

5. What did the officers who took Olga to an office building do to the lights?

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