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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 did the Czech people hate Eva for?
(a) Practicing the wrong religion.
(b) Risque behavior.
(c) Being a lesbian.
(d) Being with a Jew.

2. What kind of response did Zuckerman's famous novel have in America, according to Sisovsky?
(a) Scandalous.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Intrigue.
(d) Angry.

3. Who did Sisovsky's father's Gestapo officer/protector shoot in Sisovsky's story?
(a) The pilot.
(b) The chef.
(c) The dentist.
(d) The mechanic.

4. Who meets Zuckerman to show him around at Klenek's?
(a) Lausman.
(b) Necas.
(c) Klaus.
(d) Bolotka.

5. Who does Bolotka tell Zuckerman attend the orgy parties in Prague?
(a) 80-year-old men.
(b) 15-year-old girls.
(c) 10-year-old virgins.
(d) 20-year-old homosexuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bolotka tells Zuckerman there are only microphones at Klenek's, not what?

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

3. To whom was Eva married in Europe?

4. How many stories did Sisovsky's father write, according to him in the discussion with Zuckerman?

5. Where did Philip Roth grow up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Olga demand before exposing herself at the orgy party? Where is Olga's lover, according to Bolotka?

4. Where does the narrative open? What year is it?

5. How does Sisovsky describe his father? What does Sisovsky conclude his father belonged to?

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

7. Why does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman Eva cannot return to Prague? How did they leave?

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

9. What conversation do Bolotka and Olga have about America at the Kleneks' party?

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

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