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

2. Oldrich Hrobeck and who were questioned about Zuckerman, according to Oldrich?
(a) His professor.
(b) His mother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His neighbor.

3. Who does Bolotka say hates him when Zuckerman visits his apartment?
(a) His wife.
(b) His brother.
(c) His boss.
(d) God.

4. What does the agent Zuckerman hands his passport to at the airport remark Zuckerman is?
(a) An American Yankee.
(b) A Zionist agent.
(c) A communist sympathizer.
(d) A loser.

5. Why does Olga hate Sisovsky?
(a) He killed her aunt.
(b) He owes her money.
(c) He left her for another woman.
(d) He is gay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who approaches Olga to ask for her identification card at Zuckerman's hotel?

2. What does Zuckerman smoke over breakfast when dining with Olga?

3. Where does Oldrick Hrobek tell Zuckerman to meet him when he leaves the hotel?

4. What does Olga say loudly for the bug in Zuckerman's room to hear her?

5. Where is the bugging device in Zuckerman's room?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Bolotka tell Zuckerman after his meeting with Oldrich?

4. What childhood memories does Zuckerman recall while riding the trolley into Prague to visit Bolotka?

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

6. What does Novak represent symbolically in the narrative?

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

8. What note has been left for Zuckerman at the hotel? Who is the letter from?

9. What position does Blecha hold now in the narrative? What did he recently offer to help Bolotka with?

10. How does Roth establish a hazy line between truth and reality in the narrative? How is this revealed in the Czech student?

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