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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 hereditary class does the narrator say Old Baron Olinski had brought his antique red leather boots to the New World to denote, in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) The slave class.
(b) The rycerz class.
(c) The schlachta class.
(d) The wiec class.

2. What word used in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 refers to a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water containing medicinal substances?
(a) Kibbutz.
(b) Elixir.
(c) Treblinka.
(d) Shofar.

3. Who does Dr. Stern describe as “Me-firsters even in grief, these people” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) The Jews.
(b) The Polish.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The French.

4. When was Christian Europe saved “from the Mongol hordes,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) 1189.
(b) 1241.
(c) 1415.
(d) 1369.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When was the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova born?

3. 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?

4. The ship that G. Earwig’s family departed on was supposedly setting out for what destination?

5. How old was Olin when he was sent away to boarding school, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

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