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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. To whom was Eva married in Europe?

2. Sisovsky explains Eva cannot return to Prague because she cannot do what there?

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

4. What is Zuckerman's profession?

5. What does Olga tell Bolotka she will steal tonight at Klenek's party?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does the narrative open? What year is it?

3. Why was Eva accused of being Jewish in Prague? Who accused her and how was he reprimanded?

4. What literary allusion does Philip Roth use in Sisovsky's descriptions of his father? Why?

5. Describe the protagonist and narrator of "The Prague Orgy". What are the main subjects and themes in the novel?

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

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

8. What does Olga represent symbolically in the narrative?

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

10. What took place that led to Sisovsky's father being shot? Who murdered him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the objectives, actions and obstacles of the characters in pages 32-39. Why did Zuckerman actually come to Klenek's? What does Zuckerman want from Olga? What does Olga want?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Zuckerman and Bolotka in the narrative. How are Bolotka and Zuckerman alike? What are their differences and are those principally based on setting or circumstance? How?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the history of Judaism and the impact that World War II had on Jews in Europe. When did Zuckerman's family come to America? When did Sisovsky?

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