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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to a citizenship paper that citizens carry in the Soviet Union which serves to identify the citizen correctly, much like a passport or driver's license?
(a) Microchip.
(b) Identification Card.
(c) Fingerprint.
(d) Dog tag.

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

4. What does Olga tell Zuckerman is not his strong point at his hotel?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Prudence.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Attractiveness.

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

6. What profession did Novak's father hold?
(a) Army officer.
(b) Postman.
(c) Policeman.
(d) Machinist.

7. What does the agent Zuckerman hands his passport to at the airport remark Zuckerman is?
(a) A Zionist agent.
(b) A loser.
(c) An American Yankee.
(d) A communist sympathizer.

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

9. Where does Zuckerman go after leaving Olga at the hotel?
(a) The train station.
(b) The police station.
(c) The airport.
(d) A restaurant.

10. What did the university do to Bolotka after he attempted to switch majors?
(a) Kicked him out.
(b) Gave him an advanced degree.
(c) Returned him to the medical school.
(d) Returned him to the law school.

11. 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.

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

13. What does Olga tell Zuckerman would happen if she attempted to smuggle the manuscript to the West?
(a) She'd be executed.
(b) She'd be arrested.
(c) She'd be a folk hero.
(d) She would be fined.

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

15. Where does Zuckerman fly first when leaving Prague?
(a) Geneva, Switzerland.
(b) St. Petersburg, Russia.
(c) Warsaw, Poland.
(d) Berlin, Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who insists the policemen must search Zuckerman's belongings when he returns to the hotel with the manuscript?

2. When asked for her identification card at the hotel, Olga makes a scene accusing the man of assuming she is what?

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

4. What does Zuckerman tell Olga he has come to Prague to get at breakfast?

5. On what date does Zuckerman awake to a phone call from Olga in his hotel lobby?

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