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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 are not allowed at the orgy parties at Klenek's?
(a) Police.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Food.

2. What does the title of Olga's best-seller translate to in English?
(a) Longing.
(b) Loving.
(c) Belonging.
(d) Laughing.

3. When was Philip Roth born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1933.

4. Where did Philip Roth attend college?
(a) Florida State University.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) Bucknell University.
(d) Harvard University.

5. Zuckerman views the partiers at Klenek's and does not see any what?
(a) 80-year-old men.
(b) 15-year-old boys.
(c) 15-year-old girls.
(d) 10-year-old boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sisovsky admire very much about Zuckerman?

2. Who does Bolotka tell Zuckerman attend the orgy parties in Prague?

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

4. What was Eva's profession in Europe?

5. Why does the Czech government allow Klenek to live in Prague?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Olga represent symbolically in the narrative?

5. What does Bolotka tell Zuckerman about Olga when they first meet? Who approaches Olga to reveal herself at the party?

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

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

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

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

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

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