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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 Novak ask Zuckerman if he knows as they ride to the airport?

2. Blecha is terrible at what?

3. What does Olga tell Zuckerman is the only freedom left in this country?

4. Within how much time after leaving Olga do the authorities confiscate the manuscript?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What position does Blecha hold now in the narrative? What did he recently offer to help Bolotka with?

2. What does Bolotka tell Zuckerman after his meeting with Oldrich?

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

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

5. What does Zuckerman begin to question after meeting with Oldrich and Bolotka? Who comes to his hotel?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Eva Kalinova, her history of anti-Semitic discrimination in Prague, and the role of the Minister of Culture and Vice-Minister of Culture in Prague. Why was the Vice-Minister fired?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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