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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sisovsky's father's last ten stories were about what?
(a) The Nazis and Jews.
(b) Military heroes.
(c) Jesus and Moses.
(d) Sporting events.

2. When was the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1939.

3. Bolotka tells Zuckerman there are only microphones at Klenek's, not what?
(a) Satellites.
(b) Infiltrators.
(c) Spies.
(d) Video cameras.

4. What does Bolotka answer when Zuckerman asks how he and his friends can live in such a chaotic country?
(a) Too afraid to leave.
(b) Stubborness.
(c) Adaptability.
(d) Lack of intelligence.

5. Why did a Gestapo officer favor Sisovsky's father?
(a) He was a hockey player.
(b) He was attractive.
(c) He was wealthy.
(d) He was a chess champion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What river flows through Prague?

2. In what year does "The Prague Orgy" begin?

3. For what novel had Zuckerman achieved fame?

4. What does Eva believe she is for how she handled the bullish authorities in Europe?

5. Who accused Eva and her family of being Jews in Europe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bolotka relate to Zuckerman in explaining the orgy parties? Who does he claim attends them?

2. Discuss the theme of voyeurism and spying in the narrative. How is this shown at Klenek's?

3. How does Zuckerman's view of his Jewish identity evolve from the dinner with Sisovsky through the narrative?

4. What literary allusion does Philip Roth use in Sisovsky's descriptions of his father? Why?

5. When does Zuckerman arrive in Prague? Where does he first attend a party there?

6. Discuss the theme of Jewish identity in Philip Roth's writing. What are his influences? What other works address the subject?

7. What does the story of Eva's past foreshadow for the protagonist?

8. Why was Eva accused of being Jewish in Prague? Who accused her and how was he reprimanded?

9. What does Olga beg of Zuckerman before he leaves the party at Klenek's? What does Bolotka tell him upon parting?

10. What does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman about Eva's past in Prague when they first meet?

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