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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. When was Philip Roth born?

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

3. What does Bolotka answer when Zuckerman asks how he and his friends can live in such a chaotic country?

4. When did Sisovsky's father die?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation do Bolotka and Olga have about America at the Kleneks' party?

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

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

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

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

6. What symbolism is revealed in the party at Klenek's? What are the attendees representative of?

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

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

9. What does Bolotka relate to Zuckerman in explaining the orgy parties? Who does he claim attends them?

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

Discuss the sexuality illustrated at the orgy party at Klenek's and how Olga fits into these surroundings. How does Olga's book reveal herself as a character?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the repression of homosexuality in the narrative and in Communist Czechoslovakia. How is this demonstrated in Mr. Vodicka and the young gay boy at the party?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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