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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 did the authorities do to the agent who harshly interrogated Eva?

2. The character of Nathan Zuckerman is considered to be what to the author?

3. What is the name of Olga's best-seller?

4. Where does Sisovsky say he arrived in Canada from in the beginning of the novel?

5. Who does Zuckerman claim he is going to meet in order to leave the party at Klenek's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the theme of Jewish identity in Philip Roth's writing. What are his influences? What other works address the subject?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Sisovsky describe his father? What does Sisovsky conclude his father belonged to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Bolotka in the narrative. How does Zuckerman meet/know Bolotka? What information does Bolotka provide? What is his personality like?

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 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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