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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 does Sisovsky claim to hate when talking with Zuckerman in the beginning of the novel?
2. For what novel had Zuckerman achieved fame?
3. Sisovsky tells Zuckerman his father would have never been published in Czechoslovakia because of his what?
4. How is Sisovsky connected to Judaism?
5. Who accused Eva and her family of being Jews in Europe?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Olga demand before exposing herself at the orgy party? Where is Olga's lover, according to Bolotka?
2. Where does the narrative open? What year is it?
3. What does Olga represent symbolically in the narrative?
4. What is symbolically alluded to in the conversation between Sisovsky and Zuckerman regarding doubt?
5. What conversation do Bolotka and Olga have about America at the Kleneks' party?
6. Describe the protagonist and narrator of "The Prague Orgy". What are the main subjects and themes in the novel?
7. What do Mr. Vodicka an the gay boy at Klenek's represent symbolically?
8. How does Zuckerman's view of his Jewish identity evolve from the dinner with Sisovsky through the narrative?
9. What took place that led to Sisovsky's father being shot? Who murdered him?
10. What does the story of Eva's past foreshadow for the protagonist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the different parts of Prague and how the economic situation there in 1976 differed from what Zuckerman had been exposed to in the U.S. What experiences had Zuckerman had with poverty before coming to Prague?
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
How did Zuckerman enter Prague? How difficult was it in 1976 for Americans to enter the Eastern Bloc? Where does Klenek live and what is established about his residence in the text?
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