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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Dr. Stern’s first name in the novel?
(a) Michael.
(b) Howard.
(c) Anders.
(d) David.

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”?
(a) Stefan.
(b) G. Earwig.
(c) Malan.
(d) Rainer.

4. Dr. Stern describes the retreatants at the concentration camp as having come from how many countries in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

5. Of those who witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust, Dr. Stern says what “is about all we have in common with those poor doomed bastards” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) “Our compassion.”
(b) “Our grief.”
(c) “Our genetic code.”
(d) “Our digestive tracts.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 means extreme suffering and/or torment?

2. How many Jews does the traveler tell his companions were murdered after World War II in Poland in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

3. What does Wanda read on the sign as the young couple enters the gates at the compound to drop off the traveler in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

4. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 refers to the distribution of light and shade in a picture?

5. At least how many prisoners died at Auschwitz during the Holocaust?

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