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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. What is the date of Zuckerman's writing of his arrival in Prague?
(a) February 11.
(b) January 28.
(c) June 8.
(d) March 12.

2. Where does Sisovsky believe Eva is better off?
(a) Paris.
(b) Toronto.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. What does Olga write, which are beloved by the Czech people?
(a) Existential satires.
(b) Mystery novels.
(c) Love stories.
(d) Children's farces.

4. What was the name of the man Eva left her husband for in the narrative?
(a) Mr. Polak.
(b) Mr. Skromach.
(c) Mr. Cunek.
(d) Mr. Sobotka.

5. What does Sisovsky say his father belonged to, in his meeting with Zuckerman?
(a) The church.
(b) His mother.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The army.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sisovsky claim the Czech government let them leave?

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

3. The narrative of "The Prague Orgy" is written in what person, largely?

4. What is a well-known fact about Klenek's house?

5. What does Sisovsky claim Eva is with now, which is her ruin, when talking to Zuckerman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman about Eva's past in Prague when they first meet?

2. What does Olga represent symbolically in the narrative?

3. What does Olga beg of Zuckerman before he leaves the party at Klenek's? What does Bolotka tell him upon parting?

4. Why does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman Eva cannot return to Prague? How did they leave?

5. What reaction does Olga receive after exposing herself at Klenek's?

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

7. What does Olga demand before exposing herself at the orgy party? Where is Olga's lover, according to Bolotka?

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

9. How does Sisovsky describe his father? What does Sisovsky conclude his father belonged to?

10. What does Bolotka relate to Zuckerman in explaining the orgy parties? Who does he claim attends them?

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