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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Olga she would kill herself in America?
(a) Bolotka.
(b) Vodicka.
(c) Sisovsky.
(d) Lobkowicz.

2. Who does Bolotka tell Zuckerman attend the orgy parties in Prague?
(a) 80-year-old men.
(b) 20-year-old homosexuals.
(c) 10-year-old virgins.
(d) 15-year-old girls.

3. Where at Klenek's does Olga reveal her vagina?
(a) The kitchen table.
(b) The living room.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The garage.

4. What does Eva beg of Sisovsky while meeting with Zuckerman?
(a) To tell him her story.
(b) To sell him her novel.
(c) To stop telling her story.
(d) To marry her.

5. Why does Sisovsky claim the Czech government let them leave?
(a) They were rich.
(b) They were exiled.
(c) They wanted to.
(d) They were poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is dated in the beginning of "The Prague Orgy"?

2. Sisovsky tells Zuckerman his father would have never been published in Czechoslovakia because of his what?

3. Who did Sisovsky's father's Gestapo officer/protector shoot in Sisovsky's story?

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

5. What is the name of Olga's best-seller?

Short Essay Questions

1. What literary allusion does Philip Roth use in Sisovsky's descriptions of his father? Why?

2. What took place that led to Sisovsky's father being shot? Who murdered him?

3. How does Zuckerman's view of his Jewish identity evolve from the dinner with Sisovsky through the narrative?

4. Describe the protagonist and narrator of "The Prague Orgy". What are the main subjects and themes in the novel?

5. What does Bolotka tell Zuckerman about Olga when they first meet? Who approaches Olga to reveal herself at the party?

6. What do Mr. Vodicka an the gay boy at Klenek's represent symbolically?

7. Why was Eva accused of being Jewish in Prague? Who accused her and how was he reprimanded?

8. When does Zuckerman arrive in Prague? Where does he first attend a party there?

9. Where does the narrative open? What year is it?

10. Why does Sisovsky claim to have written to Zuckerman in their meeting? Where are Sisovsky's father's stories?

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