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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 24-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Zuckerman live in New York?
(a) Upper East Side.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Upper West Side.
(d) The Bronx.

2. Where does Sisovsky say he arrived in Canada from in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Prague.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

3. Where did Philip Roth grow up?
(a) Newark, NJ.
(b) Portland, ME.
(c) Boston, MA.
(d) Pittsburgh, PA.

4. When did Sisovsky's father die?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1941.

5. The character of Nathan Zuckerman is considered to be what to the author?
(a) A stranger.
(b) A brother.
(c) A cousin.
(d) An alter-ego.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of Zuckerman's writing of his arrival in Prague?

2. Why did a Gestapo officer favor Sisovsky's father?

3. What does Sisovsky claim to hate when talking with Zuckerman in the beginning of the novel?

4. Who has possession of Sisovsky's father's stories?

5. What does Eva believe she is for how she handled the bullish authorities in Europe?

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