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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 does Olga say loudly for the bug in Zuckerman's room to hear her?
(a) The toilet is clogged.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She has gas.
(d) She wants to marry him.

2. What refers to a tea with plum brandy commonly drunk in Czechoslovakia?
(a) Black tea.
(b) Red tea.
(c) Slivovitz-larded tea.
(d) Oolong tea.

3. What does Zuckerman smoke over breakfast when dining with Olga?
(a) A Russian cigar.
(b) A Cuban cigar.
(c) An English cigarette.
(d) A pipe.

4. Who does Zuckerman receive a note from at the hotel while in the lobby with Olga?
(a) Jan Kohout.
(b) Jirí Sedivy.
(c) Oldrich Hrobeck.
(d) Pavel Mertlík.

5. Where does Zuckerman suspect he's being shipped off to while in the car with Novak?
(a) Russia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) China.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comforts Zuckerman, telling him the authorities cannot touch him in the narrative?

2. What is the title of the officer Novak?

3. Novak says the writers that Zuckerman associated with in Prague are what?

4. What does Olga scribble to Zuckerman on a notepad in his hotel room?

5. What does Zuckerman imagine himself cleaning while waiting to meet Oldrich Hrobek at a cafe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zuckerman begin to question after meeting with Oldrich and Bolotka? Who comes to his hotel?

2. When does Zuckerman awake to a call from Olga? What does the tell him in his hotel room?

3. How much money does Zuckerman offer Olga for the manuscript? What is her reply?

4. What does Novak represent symbolically in the narrative?

5. What does Olga tell Zuckerman he wants to gain by getting the manuscript? Why is her situation different?

6. What story does Olga relate over breakfast about having been taken to an office building by the authorities?

7. What happened when Blecha was promoted? How did he feel about the promotion?

8. What objective does Zuckerman reveal to Olga over breakfast? What is her response?

9. Why does Olga choose not to hurt Sisovsky by giving up the manuscript?

10. What happens when Zuckerman returns to his hotel with the manuscript?

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