View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who harasses the Catholic novices when they light a candle in the Hunger Cell in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Aharon Appelfeld.
(b) G. Earwig.
(c) Erna.
(d) Malan.

2. What word used in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Disingenuous.
(c) Silhouette.
(d) Chiaroscuro.

3. What is the name of the priest that accompanies the two Catholic novices at the retreat?
(a) Father James.
(b) Father Mikal.
(c) Father Thompson.
(d) Father David.

4. What literary work of Tadeusz Borowski is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates.
(b) The Metamorphosis.
(c) Waiting for Godot.
(d) This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.

5. What is the name of the younger Catholic novice on the retreat?
(a) Sister Angela.
(b) Sister Maria.
(c) Sister Ann-Marie.
(d) Sister Catherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Viennese Holocaust survivor is quoted in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5 as having said, “We who have come back, we know. The best of us did not return”?

2. Who is described as “Becca’s companion, a violinist with long black hair” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

3. 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?

4. When was Tadeusz Borowski born?

5. Who does Dr. Stern describe as “Me-firsters even in grief, these people” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 280 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample