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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. The man who sends Zuckerman a note at the hotel is what?

2. What does Olga say Sisovsky will do with the stories if he gets them?

3. Why did the school tell Bolotka he could not change his major?

4. Where does Oldrick Hrobek tell Zuckerman to meet him when he leaves the hotel?

5. Olga tells Zuckerman that all she wants for the manuscript is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What symbolic statement does Olga make about freedom in her last meeting with Zuckerman?

2. When does Zuckerman awake to a call from Olga? What does the tell him in his hotel room?

3. What is the major difference between Zuckerman and the other characters in "The Prague Orgy"?

4. How much money does Zuckerman offer Olga for the manuscript? What is her reply?

5. Why does Olga choose not to hurt Sisovsky by giving up the manuscript?

6. What objective does Zuckerman reveal to Olga over breakfast? What is her response?

7. What happened when Blecha was promoted? How did he feel about the promotion?

8. What does Novak represent symbolically in the narrative?

9. How does Roth establish a hazy line between truth and reality in the narrative? How is this revealed in the Czech student?

10. What did Blecha drunkenly admit to Bolotka one night? What was Bolotka's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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