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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. Where does Oldrick Hrobek tell Zuckerman to meet him when he leaves the hotel?
(a) The train station.
(b) A bar.
(c) A diner.
(d) The airport.

2. Where does Zuckerman fly first when leaving Prague?
(a) Geneva, Switzerland.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) Warsaw, Poland.
(d) St. Petersburg, Russia.

3. Bolotka tells Zuckerman girls love to have sex with him at his apartment because it is what?
(a) Custom.
(b) Free.
(c) Something to pass the time.
(d) Exciting.

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

5. When asked for her identification card at the hotel, Olga makes a scene accusing the man of assuming she is what?
(a) A spy.
(b) An American.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) Zuckerman's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the school tell Bolotka he could not change his major?

2. Who follows Zuckerman out of the cafe after he attempted meeting Oldrich Hrobek?

3. Who does Olga tell Zuckerman she slept with last night over breakfast at the hotel?

4. What does Olga say Sisovsky will do with the stories if he gets them?

5. What do the authorities tell Zuckerman he must do after they confiscate the manuscript?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the position of Novak? What does he relate about his occupation?

4. What does Olga ask Zuckerman to tell her in his hotel room? What does she suggest about his speech?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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