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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 is the name of the story Sisovsky's father wrote about a Jewish boy who speaks textbook German, flavorless Czech and simple Yiddish?
(a) "Mother Tongue."
(b) "Many Tongues."
(c) "Tongue Twister."
(d) "A Simpler Tongue."

2. Olga is married to whom?
(a) Vodicka.
(b) Kalvoda.
(c) Sedivy.
(d) Sisovsky.

3. Who begs Zuckerman to stay and have sex at the Klenek party?
(a) Olga.
(b) Anna.
(c) Claus.
(d) Helga.

4. How many stories did Sisovsky's father write, according to him in the discussion with Zuckerman?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Thousands.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

5. Who stays in the bathroom with the boy at Klenek's party?
(a) Mr. Vodicka.
(b) Bolotka.
(c) Blecha.
(d) Olga.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bolotka tell Zuckerman Olga's lover is now?

2. When does Sisovsky say he published one little satire in Prague?

3. Who does Olga tell the boy at the orgy party videotapes her?

4. Sisovsky's father's last ten stories were about what?

5. What does Olga write, which are beloved by the Czech people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolically alluded to in the conversation between Sisovsky and Zuckerman regarding doubt?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Sisovsky claim to have written to Zuckerman in their meeting? Where are Sisovsky's father's stories?

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

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