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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 Zuckerman's profession?
(a) Author.
(b) Journalist.
(c) Stock broker.
(d) Antique dealer.

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

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

4. Where at Klenek's does Olga reveal her vagina?
(a) The garage.
(b) The living room.
(c) The kitchen table.
(d) The bathroom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the man Eva left her husband for?

2. When did Sisovsky's father die?

3. Where did Philip Roth grow up?

4. What guest at Klenek's is a great writer who is scared of everything, especially the government?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zuckerman's view of his Jewish identity evolve from the dinner with Sisovsky through the narrative?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do Mr. Vodicka an the gay boy at Klenek's represent symbolically?

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