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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 older American best-seller is virtually unknown but Novak thinks it is a masterpiece?
2. Who does Zuckerman offer to marry Olga to in negotiating the manuscript?
3. Where is the bugging device in Zuckerman's room?
4. Why does Olga hate Sisovsky?
5. Who does Olga tell Zuckerman she slept with last night over breakfast at the hotel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who asks for Olga's identification at the hotel? What is Olga's response?
2. What does Bolotka tell Zuckerman after his meeting with Oldrich?
3. What does the Czech student warn Zuckerman of at the hotel?
4. What does Zuckerman begin to question after meeting with Oldrich and Bolotka? Who comes to his hotel?
5. What happens when Zuckerman returns to his hotel with the manuscript?
6. Where does Oldrick Hrobek ask Zuckerman to meet him when he leaves the hotel? Where is Olga?
7. Who does Zuckerman ride to the airport with in the end of the novel? What literary work does he discuss?
8. What position does Blecha hold now in the narrative? What did he recently offer to help Bolotka with?
9. What note has been left for Zuckerman at the hotel? Who is the letter from?
10. What is the position of Novak? What does he relate about his occupation?
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 Sisovsky's father's story as described to Zuckerman in pages 18-23. What power did the Gestapo have? How common was it for Gestapo officers to protect Jews?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the character of Bolotka in the narrative. How does Zuckerman meet/know Bolotka? What information does Bolotka provide? What is his personality like?
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