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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Olga suggest Sisovsky can live off of when talking with Zuckerman at breakfast?
(a) His inheritance.
(b) His wages.
(c) His mistress.
(d) His brother.

3. What does Zuckerman imagine himself cleaning while waiting to meet Oldrich Hrobek at a cafe?
(a) A Mercedes Benz.
(b) His apartment.
(c) An outhouse.
(d) Penn Station.

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

5. Where does Zuckerman suspect he's being shipped off to while in the car with Novak?
(a) India.
(b) Russia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) China.

6. Who is the Minister of Culture and a successful writer in Czechoslovakia?
(a) Novak.
(b) Kocarník.
(c) Nemec.
(d) Skalicky.

7. Who comforts Zuckerman, telling him the authorities cannot touch him in the narrative?
(a) Klenek.
(b) Bolotka.
(c) Olga.
(d) Eva.

8. Who does Zuckerman demand to call after the authorities search him and confiscate the manuscript?
(a) The president of the U.S.
(b) The American Embassy.
(c) His attorney.
(d) His mother.

9. Bolotka entered college to study what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Law.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Fine Arts.

10. Blecha is terrible at what?
(a) Math.
(b) Writing.
(c) Sex.
(d) Reading.

11. What do the authorities tell Zuckerman he must do after they confiscate the manuscript?
(a) Pay a fine.
(b) Have a hand cut off.
(c) Issue a public apology.
(d) Get on the next plane out of Czechoslovakia.

12. Recently, Bolotka's childhood friend met him at a bar and suggested he could help him with what?
(a) Money troubles.
(b) The authorities.
(c) His love life.
(d) The mafia.

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

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

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 receive a note from at the hotel while in the lobby with Olga?

2. What does Zuckerman tell Olga she does not care about when negotiating the manuscript?

3. Where does Oldrick Hrobek tell Zuckerman to meet him when he leaves the hotel?

4. How old was Bolotka when he entered college?

5. What does Novak conclude his father essentially was?

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