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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 profession did Novak's father hold?
2. What does Zuckerman wonder if it is even that good and if retrieving it is worth the trouble after trying to meet Oldrich Hrobek?
3. Oldrich Hrobeck and who were questioned about Zuckerman, according to Oldrich?
4. Who is the Minister of Culture and a successful writer in Czechoslovakia?
5. Who does Olga tell Zuckerman she slept with last night over breakfast at the hotel?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did Bolotka enter university? What was his major? What did he want to change it to?
2. What does Bolotka tell Zuckerman after his meeting with Oldrich?
3. What does Olga ask Zuckerman to tell her in his hotel room? What does she suggest about his speech?
4. Why and how does Olga eventually give Zuckerman the manuscript?
5. Why did the university tell Bolotka he was unable to change majors?
6. Where does Zuckerman go after leaving Prague? How does he feel about the situation?
7. Who does Zuckerman ride to the airport with in the end of the novel? What literary work does he discuss?
8. What does Novak represent symbolically in the narrative?
9. What symbolic statement does Olga make about freedom in her last meeting with Zuckerman?
10. Who asks for Olga's identification at the hotel? What is Olga'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
Discuss the history of Judaism and the impact that World War II had on Jews in Europe. When did Zuckerman's family come to America? When did Sisovsky?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the character of Zdenek Sisovsky and the banning of his novel in Prague. What control did Communist authorities have over the censoring of books and literature?
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