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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. What role had Eva played which led people to believe she was Jewish?
(a) Susan B. Anthony.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Anne Frank.
(d) Betsy Ross.

2. What does Bolotka say Olga's lover does all day long?
(a) Plays the violin.
(b) Watches television.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Writes poetry.

3. For what novel had Zuckerman achieved fame?
(a) Svoboda.
(b) Carnovsky.
(c) Havlícek.
(d) Vetchy.

4. When did Sisovsky's father die?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1942.

5. What is a well-known fact about Klenek's house?
(a) It is associated with the Underground Railroad.
(b) It is spy headquarters.
(c) It belongs to the government.
(d) It is bugged.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom was Eva married in Europe?

2. Where did Philip Roth attend college?

3. Who did Sisovsky's father's Gestapo officer/protector shoot in Sisovsky's story?

4. Whose writing does Sisovsky describe studying in his first meeting with Zuckerman?

5. Where at Klenek's does Olga reveal her vagina?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Philip Roth illustrate Sisovsky's sense of identity in the U.S.?

2. What causes Eva to storm out from the dinner with Zuckerman and Sisovsky in the beginning of the novel?

3. What does Zuckerman pass on his way to Klenek's? What does he observe upon arriving at the party?

4. Describe the protagonist and narrator of "The Prague Orgy". What are the main subjects and themes in the novel?

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

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

7. Why does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman his novel is banned? Why did he leave Czechoslovakia?

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

9. What took place that led to Sisovsky's father being shot? Who murdered him?

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

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