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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova born?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1826.

2. 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?
(a) The Kaddish.
(b) The Struma.
(c) The Shofar.
(d) The Wilma.

3. Who first approaches Clements Olin in the mess hall to ask if he’s okay in the beginning of Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?
(a) Eva.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Sister Ann-Marie.
(d) Father Mikal.

4. During what century does the narrator say Poland “ruled all Europe from the Baltic east to the Black Sea” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) The fifteenth century.
(b) The thirteenth century.
(c) The sixteenth century.
(d) The seventeenth century.

5. Who relates the ancient tale of a man in sorrow who is comforted by a rabbi who tells him: “The only whole heart is the broken heart. But it must be wholly broken” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?
(a) Hanz Frank.
(b) Viktor Frankl.
(c) Rabbi Glock.
(d) Rabbi Dan.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What was the name of Clements Olin’s maternal grandfather?

3. 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”?

4. What literary work of Tadeusz Borowski is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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