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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Stern describes the retreatants at the concentration camp as having come from how many countries in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

2. What word from the novel refers to an Israeli community settlement, usually agricultural, that is organized under collectivist principles?
(a) Kaddish.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Kibbutz.
(d) Shofar.

3. Where does the narrator say that Dr. D. Clements Olin was born in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Poland.
(d) Canada.

4. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 refers to the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others?
(a) Dread.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Pedantic.
(d) Sadism.

5. From what narrative point of view is In Paradise related?
(a) First person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Father Mikal say the novices have attended Confession from him in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?

2. What is the name of the younger Catholic novice on the retreat?

3. What is the name of Rainer’s uncle that he says he’s come to Auschwitz to honor in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

4. As Olin attempts to make sense of the transcendent experience of the dancing in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11, the narrator says, “Out on that platform at odd moments of each day, a presence had risen that, for want of a better term, [Olin] calls” what in his journal?

5. Who takes Olin’s hand after Sister Ann-Marie wriggles free from the dancing circle in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

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