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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. Who screams in horror when Olga shows her vagina at Klenek's?

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

3. Where is Eva from?

4. Who does Bolotka tell Zuckerman attend the orgy parties in Prague?

5. What did the Gestapo officer come to Sisovsky's father's house every day to do during World War II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reaction does Olga receive after exposing herself at Klenek's?

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

3. What causes Eva to storm out from the dinner with Zuckerman and Sisovsky in the beginning of the novel?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 3

Describe author Philip Roth. Where did Philip Roth attend college? "The Prague Orgy" is part of a collection by Roth referred to as what? What awards has Philip Roth's won in literature? What is Roth's most recent work?

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