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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. Who is with the boy Olga shows her vagina to at Klenek's?
(a) Mr. Bursík.
(b) Mr. Vodicka.
(c) Mr. Bolotka.
(d) Mr. Sisovsky.

2. Where is Klenek currently directing film in the narrative?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Poland.

3. What did the Gestapo officer come to Sisovsky's father's house every day to do during World War II?
(a) Play chess.
(b) Have a glass of milk.
(c) Pet the dog.
(d) Talk to his daughter.

4. "The Prague Orgy" is part of a collection by Roth referred to as what?
(a) Jewish Faith bound.
(b) Tucker bound.
(c) Eastern Europe bound.
(d) Zuckerman Bound.

5. Why does Sisovsky say he wrote to Zuckerman?
(a) He idolizes him.
(b) They went to school together.
(c) He read about him.
(d) He is related to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Philip Roth attend college?

2. What does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman pursues Eva in their first meeting?

3. What river flows through Prague?

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

5. Who screams in horror when Olga shows her vagina at Klenek's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What symbolism is revealed in the party at Klenek's? What are the attendees representative of?

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

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

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

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

6. What reaction does Olga receive after exposing herself at Klenek's?

7. What duality and conflict does Sisovsky face in America? What does Eva?

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

9. What does Olga represent symbolically in the narrative?

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

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