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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 insists the policemen must search Zuckerman's belongings when he returns to the hotel with the manuscript?
2. What does Olga tell Zuckerman would happen if she attempted to smuggle the manuscript to the West?
3. What do the authorities tell Zuckerman he must do after they confiscate the manuscript?
4. What is the title of the officer Novak?
5. How old was Bolotka when he entered college?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who asks for Olga's identification at the hotel? What is Olga's response?
2. What story does Olga relate over breakfast about having been taken to an office building by the authorities?
3. What does Olga ask Zuckerman to tell her in his hotel room? What does she suggest about his speech?
4. Where does Zuckerman go after leaving Prague? How does he feel about the situation?
5. What objective does Zuckerman reveal to Olga over breakfast? What is her response?
6. What note has been left for Zuckerman at the hotel? Who is the letter from?
7. Why did the university tell Bolotka he was unable to change majors?
8. What symbolic statement does Olga make about freedom in her last meeting with Zuckerman?
9. What happens when Zuckerman goes to meet Oldrich after leaving the hotel?
10. Why and how does Olga eventually give Zuckerman the manuscript?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the use of bugging devices by the authorities in the Communist Eastern Bloc. What rights to privacy did citizens have? How similar or different are things in America today? How are they different in Prague today?
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
Discuss the sexuality illustrated at the orgy party at Klenek's and how Olga fits into these surroundings. How does Olga's book reveal herself as a character?
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