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

2. Why does Sisovsky claim the Czech government let them leave?

3. Where does Olga tell the boy at the party that this picture of her will show up at Klenek's?

4. In what year does "The Prague Orgy" begin?

5. What does Sisovsky admire very much about Zuckerman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Olga represent symbolically in the narrative?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Sisovsky claim to have written to Zuckerman in their meeting? Where are Sisovsky's father's stories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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