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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. To whom was Eva married in Europe?
(a) A British singer.
(b) A Russian spy.
(c) An Irish politician.
(d) A Czech actor.

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

3. What does Olga demand before showing her vagina to the boy at the orgy?
(a) To see his.
(b) Money.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Drugs.

4. What did the authorities do to the agent who harshly interrogated Eva?
(a) Promoted him.
(b) Executed him.
(c) Suspended him.
(d) Fired him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Zuckerman to show him around at Klenek's?

2. Who does Sisovsky claim he looks like in his family?

3. Where does Sisovsky believe Eva is better off?

4. Sisovsky's father's last ten stories were about what?

5. When does Sisovsky say he published one little satire in Prague?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Olga represent symbolically in the narrative?

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

4. How does Philip Roth illustrate Sisovsky's sense of identity in the U.S.?

5. Discuss the theme of voyeurism and spying in the narrative. How is this shown at Klenek's?

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

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

8. What conversation do Bolotka and Olga have about America at the Kleneks' party?

9. What does Zuckerman pass on his way to Klenek's? What does he observe upon arriving at the party?

10. Discuss the theme of Jewish identity in Philip Roth's writing. What are his influences? What other works address the subject?

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