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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language was illegal to speak in Warsaw during the German occupation?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Polish.

2. Which of the following was an entomologist?
(a) Lutz Heck.
(b) Maurycy Fraenkel.
(c) Magdalena Gross.
(d) Szymon Tenenbaum.

3. What name did Jewish women with Aryan-sounding names have to change their names to?
(a) Esther.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Mary.
(d) Rebekah.

4. What did Antonina send with Jan to deliver when he went into the Ghetto to collect scraps to feed the pigs?
(a) Packets of food.
(b) Books.
(c) Letters.
(d) Clothing donations.

5. Who ruled Warsaw after the surrender?
(a) Dr. Muller.
(b) Lutz Heck.
(c) Hans Frank.
(d) Adam Englert.

6. What theory did Lutz Heck reject?
(a) The theory of ethical treatment of zoo animals.
(b) The theory of animal psychology.
(c) The theory of enrichment for zoo animals.
(d) The theory of hybrid vigor.

7. Who did Antonina and Rys stay with when Jan was first ordered to join the army and the zoo was evacuated?
(a) Jan's mother.
(b) Rys's teacher.
(c) Antonina's mother.
(d) Antonina's sister-in-law.

8. Who did Jan meet while on a daily bicycle tour of the zoo?
(a) Magdalena.
(b) Fox Man.
(c) Maurycy.
(d) Antonina.

9. What was Jan collecting in the boxes he placed on shelves in the villa's kitchen?
(a) False documents.
(b) Fuses for bombs.
(c) Insects.
(d) Springs for his research instruments.

10. What kind of store did Antonina and Rys seek shelter in when Antonina thought the fourth floor apartment was not safe?
(a) Lampshade store.
(b) Clothing store.
(c) Bakery.
(d) Linen shop.

11. What kind of tree drew bees to the zoo?
(a) Pine.
(b) Cherry.
(c) Linden.
(d) Oak.

12. What was Rys told about the Guests who stayed at the zoo?
(a) That he had to keep them a secret.
(b) That they were German soldiers.
(c) That they were fellow zookeepers.
(d) That they were all colleagues of his father.

13. What was the name of the rhesus monkey that was stealing babies from other monkeys?
(a) Lutz.
(b) Maurycy.
(c) Adolf.
(d) Janusz.

14. After Antonina heard that the Polish army was going to surrender, who delivered a message to the contrary?
(a) The Polish president.
(b) Jan.
(c) The mayor of Warsaw.
(d) Hitler.

15. What was Magdalena's profession?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Sculptor.
(c) Professor.
(d) Painter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the people of Warsaw gather in the streets to see after Poland surrendered?

2. What song did Antonina play on the piano as a warning signal for the Guests?

3. What element of zoo design did Lutz Heck advocate for?

4. What were the race of "pure" humans that the Nazis sought to create called?

5. What was the zoo's cryptonym?

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