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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 did the university do to Bolotka after he attempted to switch majors?

2. Who insists the policemen must search Zuckerman's belongings when he returns to the hotel with the manuscript?

3. Who does Zuckerman offer to marry Olga to in negotiating the manuscript?

4. What does Oldrich Hrobeck tell Zuckerman at their meeting?

5. Where does Zuckerman suspect he's being shipped off to while in the car with Novak?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why and how does Olga eventually give Zuckerman the manuscript?

2. What happens when Zuckerman goes to meet Oldrich after leaving the hotel?

3. What is Bolotka's apartment like? What does he tell Zuckerman about his room?

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

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

6. What is the position of Novak? What does he relate about his occupation?

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

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

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

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

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

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 3

Discuss Roth's literary allusions to Franz Kafka in the novel. Who discusses Kafka and in what context? What is symbolic about this?

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