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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, The Way Station.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what is despair transformed in the gas chambers?
(a) Anger.
(b) Joy.
(c) Faith.
(d) Forgiveness.

2. What is the moral of the parable about the rabbi?
(a) Be kind to all since you do not know if someone is an angel.
(b) Forgivness is not automatic.
(c) Forgiveness is possible but penance is required.
(d) Nothing erases an immoral act.

3. With what does Ben write his parents are obsessed?
(a) Food.
(b) Doors.
(c) Information.
(d) Guns.

4. Why does Jakob not return to a grocery he shops at?
(a) He hears a little boy being cursed as a Jew.
(b) He hates the food they sell.
(c) He hears someone speak German.
(d) He misunderstands the grocer's thick accent.

5. With what composer was Bella once obsessed?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Bartok.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Beethoven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the state of Greece during this time?

2. How does Jakob feel in Greece?

3. Why can't Ben's father retire when he is of age?

4. What does Jakob witness as he is hiding?

5. What does Athos teach Jakob to cook?

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