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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. Who does Zuckerman suspect had a change of heart and turned him into the authorities after the manuscript is confiscated?
(a) Vlasta.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Olga.
(d) Novak.

2. On what date does Zuckerman awake to a phone call from Olga in his hotel lobby?
(a) January 5, 1975.
(b) April 20, 1974.
(c) March 23, 1977.
(d) February 5, 1976.

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

4. Bolotka claims he won't leave Czechoslovakia because he has how many girlfriends?
(a) 16.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

5. What major did Bolotka want to change to while at the university?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Fine Arts.
(d) Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev born?

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

3. What did the officers who took Olga to an office building do to the lights?

4. Who does Zuckerman offer to marry Olga to in negotiating the manuscript?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who asks for Olga's identification at the hotel? What is Olga's response?

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

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

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

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

7. Who does Zuckerman ride to the airport with in the end of the novel? What literary work does he discuss?

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

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

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

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