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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. Who does Olga claim wants to be a hero to the Jews?
2. What is the title of the officer Novak?
3. How did Sisovsky's father die, according to Olga?
4. Where is the bugging device in Zuckerman's room?
5. What did the officers who took Olga to an office building do to the lights?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Zuckerman returns to his hotel with the manuscript?
2. What does Novak represent symbolically in the narrative?
3. Who asks for Olga's identification at the hotel? What is Olga's response?
4. What happened when Blecha was promoted? How did he feel about the promotion?
5. What symbolic statement does Olga make about freedom in her last meeting with Zuckerman?
6. What childhood memories does Zuckerman recall while riding the trolley into Prague to visit Bolotka?
7. What objective does Zuckerman reveal to Olga over breakfast? What is her response?
8. When does Zuckerman awake to a call from Olga? What does the tell him in his hotel room?
9. What did Blecha drunkenly admit to Bolotka one night? What was Bolotka's response?
10. How does Roth establish a hazy line between truth and reality in the narrative? How is this revealed in the Czech student?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss Sisovsky's father's story as described to Zuckerman in pages 18-23. What power did the Gestapo have? How common was it for Gestapo officers to protect Jews?
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