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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 Zuckerman tell Olga he has come to Prague to get at breakfast?
(a) Sisovsky's father's stories.
(b) His dignity.
(c) A family heirloom.
(d) The money he is owed.

2. What does Zuckerman tell Olga he loves about her in his hotel room?
(a) Her sense of adventure.
(b) Her sense of reality.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her intelligence.

3. Who does Zuckerman offer to marry Olga to in negotiating the manuscript?
(a) A friend of his.
(b) Himself.
(c) Sisovsky.
(d) Oldrich Hrobek.

4. Who comforts Zuckerman, telling him the authorities cannot touch him in the narrative?
(a) Klenek.
(b) Eva.
(c) Bolotka.
(d) Olga.

5. What does Zuckerman tell Olga she does not care about when negotiating the manuscript?
(a) Politics.
(b) Cats.
(c) Literature.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Novak ask Zuckerman if he knows as they ride to the airport?

2. How old was Bolotka when he entered college?

3. Who does Zuckerman go to meet after attempting to meet Oldrich Hrobek with no success?

4. What story of Sisovsky's does Olga claim is a lie at breakfast?

5. Who does Zuckerman demand to call after the authorities search him and confiscate the manuscript?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Oldrick Hrobek ask Zuckerman to meet him when he leaves the hotel? Where is Olga?

2. Where does Zuckerman go after leaving Prague? How does he feel about the situation?

3. Why did the university tell Bolotka he was unable to change majors?

4. What is Bolotka's apartment like? What does he tell Zuckerman about his room?

5. What is the major difference between Zuckerman and the other characters in "The Prague Orgy"?

6. What does the Czech student warn Zuckerman of at the hotel?

7. What symbolic statement does Olga make about freedom in her last meeting with Zuckerman?

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

9. What happens when Zuckerman goes to meet Oldrich after leaving the hotel?

10. Why and how does Olga eventually give Zuckerman the manuscript?

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