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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. Who does Bolotka tell Zuckerman attend the orgy parties in Prague?

2. What does Olga say she will do tonight to Bolotka at Klenek's?

3. Why does the Czech government allow Klenek to live in Prague?

4. Who stays in the bathroom with the boy at Klenek's party?

5. Where is Klenek currently directing film in the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the story of Eva's past foreshadow for the protagonist?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of Jewish identity, and how Philip Roth incorporates this theme into "The Prague Orgy" and his other works. What works by Roth are centered on the theme? How does "theme" differ from "subject" in a work of literature?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Eva Kalinova, her history of anti-Semitic discrimination in Prague, and the role of the Minister of Culture and Vice-Minister of Culture in Prague. Why was the Vice-Minister fired?

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