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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. The narrative of "The Prague Orgy" is written in what person, largely?
(a) Second.
(b) Third.
(c) None.
(d) First.

2. What does Sisovsky say his father belonged to, in his meeting with Zuckerman?
(a) His mother.
(b) The army.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The church.

3. Who tells Olga she would kill herself in America?
(a) Bolotka.
(b) Lobkowicz.
(c) Vodicka.
(d) Sisovsky.

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

5. Who does Olga tell the boy at the orgy party videotapes her?
(a) A local pervert.
(b) The government.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Philip Roth attend college?

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

3. What does Olga demand before showing her vagina to the boy at the orgy?

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

5. What is the name of the story Sisovsky's father wrote about a Jewish boy who speaks textbook German, flavorless Czech and simple Yiddish?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman his novel is banned? Why did he leave Czechoslovakia?

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

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

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

6. What does the story of Eva's past foreshadow for the protagonist?

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

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

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

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

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