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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 kind of response did Zuckerman's famous novel have in America, according to Sisovsky?

2. Where does Bolotka tell Zuckerman Olga's lover is now?

3. What was Eva's profession in Europe?

4. Zuckerman views the partiers at Klenek's and does not see any what?

5. For what novel had Zuckerman achieved fame?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Philip Roth illustrate Sisovsky's sense of identity in the U.S.?

2. What does the story of Eva's past foreshadow for the protagonist?

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

4. What does Zuckerman pass on his way to Klenek's? What does he observe upon arriving at the party?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Olga represent symbolically in the narrative?

10. Why does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman Eva cannot return to Prague? How did they leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Olga Sisovsky in the narrative. How old is Olga? What is her personality like? How does Olga respond to Zuckerman? To the advances of Mr. Vodicka?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of foreshadowing in the narrative and which discusses the narrative voice of the work. How does Zuckerman, as narrator, change through Sisovsky's story?

Essay Topic 3

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

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