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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word used in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 means to give a false or misleading appearance to, or to conceal the truth?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Pedantic.
(c) Dissemble.
(d) Vorarbeiter.

2. What is the name of the prayer that is translated by the rabbi as “Making Peace by Making Whole” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?
(a) Oseh Shalom.
(b) Olsztyn.
(c) Szlachta.
(d) Almanach de Gotha.

3. What word from the novel refers to the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers?
(a) Cantor.
(b) Kaddish.
(c) Shofar.
(d) Vorarbeiter.

4. The narrator says in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12 that “Olin’s brief marriage ended in divorce on grounds of what his wife’s attorney cited as” what?
(a) “Alcoholism and abuse.”
(b) “Alienation of the affections.”
(c) “Homosexual tendencies.”
(d) “Addiction to adultery.”

5. What is the last name of the retreat attendee that is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 as “a makeshift Tibetan Buddhist from New Jersey”?
(a) O’Brien.
(b) O’Malley.
(c) Smith.
(d) Ross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship that G. Earwig has spent his life in search of, according to the narrator in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12?

2. In what year did Rudolf Höss join the Nazi Party?

3. Which of the retreat attendees is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 as “unaffiliated” in terms of religion and as having “no indicated nationality”?

4. What word from Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12 refers to an ecclesiastic attached to the chapel of a royal court, college, or military unit?

5. What is Dr. Stern’s specialization, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

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