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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 Tadeusz Borowski born?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1945.

2. To whom does Ben Lama offer the microphone after opening the meeting following dinner at the museum auditorium in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) Viktor Frankl.
(b) Hanz Frank.
(c) Rabbi Dan.
(d) Father Mikal.

3. When did Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1962.

4. What is Dr. Stern’s specialization, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Evolutionary biology.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Epidemiology of Disease.
(d) Neurology.

5. What word used in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 means general or universal?
(a) Pedantic.
(b) Sadism.
(c) Ecumenical.
(d) Visage.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the narrator say that Olin’s grandparents “had prevailed upon their son Alexei, a young lieutenant of the cavalry, to escort them in their flight abroad to England and America” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

2. The retreat’s unofficial “spiritual leader” is nicknamed what, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

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. Where was Clements Olin’s mother’s family from?

5. Who stands against the “diabolical” concept of dancing at Auschwitz and condemns those who danced, regardless of the fact that he’d joined in, in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

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