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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a well-known fact about Klenek's house?

2. How many stories did Sisovsky's father write, according to him in the discussion with Zuckerman?

3. What does the title of Olga's best-seller translate to in English?

4. What month is dated in the beginning of "The Prague Orgy"?

5. What was Eva's profession in Europe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the theme of voyeurism and spying in the narrative. How is this shown at Klenek's?

2. What duality and conflict does Sisovsky face in America? What does Eva?

3. How does Zuckerman's view of his Jewish identity evolve from the dinner with Sisovsky through the narrative?

4. When does Zuckerman arrive in Prague? Where does he first attend a party there?

5. What does Olga beg of Zuckerman before he leaves the party at Klenek's? What does Bolotka tell him upon parting?

6. What is symbolically alluded to in the conversation between Sisovsky and Zuckerman regarding doubt?

7. What does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman about Eva's past in Prague when they first meet?

8. What relationship did Sisovsky's father have with the Gestapo? When did he die?

9. What does Olga demand before exposing herself at the orgy party? Where is Olga's lover, according to Bolotka?

10. What do Mr. Vodicka an the gay boy at Klenek's represent symbolically?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Zuckerman's response to the orgy party. How does Zuckerman react to Bolotka's suggestion of 15-year-old girls?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the principle objectives and obstacles of Zuckerman, Sisovsky, and Eva at their first meeting in the narrative. How does Sisovsky's objective impact the actions of the protagonist?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of "The Prague Orgy", beginning in New York City in 1976. What were politics like in the U.S.? How were they different in the Eastern Bloc?

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