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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 does Zuckerman tell Olga she does not care about when negotiating the manuscript?

2. What does Zuckerman offer Olga for the stories?

3. What kind of suit does Bolotka ask to try on at his apartment?

4. What did the officers who took Olga to an office building do to the lights?

5. What does Olga tell Zuckerman would happen if she attempted to smuggle the manuscript to the West?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did Bolotka enter university? What was his major? What did he want to change it to?

3. What does the Czech student warn Zuckerman of at the hotel?

4. What does Olga ask Zuckerman to tell her in his hotel room? What does she suggest about his speech?

5. Where does Zuckerman go after leaving Prague? How does he feel about the situation?

6. Who asks for Olga's identification at the hotel? What is Olga's response?

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

8. What does Olga tell Zuckerman he wants to gain by getting the manuscript? Why is her situation different?

9. Where does Oldrick Hrobek ask Zuckerman to meet him when he leaves the hotel? Where is Olga?

10. What note has been left for Zuckerman at the hotel? Who is the letter from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the different parts of Prague and how the economic situation there in 1976 differed from what Zuckerman had been exposed to in the U.S. What experiences had Zuckerman had with poverty before coming to Prague?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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