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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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?
(a) Nearly 3,000.
(b) Nearly 1,000.
(c) Nearly 5,000.
(d) Nearly 2,000.

3. What river does the narrator describe the road following “westward across the frozen landscape” in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The Oka River.
(b) The Elbe River.
(c) The Vistula River.
(d) The Danube River.

4. What Polish province was “a hub for seasonal harvest labor transported across northern Europe” prior to World War II, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) Lublin.
(b) Oswiecim.
(c) Olsztyn.
(d) Szlachta.

5. The traveler is said to have once been a resident of what location in the U.S. in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) Queens, New York.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Stern’s first name in the novel?

2. Who does the traveler say “styled herself ‘a Queen of Poland’” and displayed the Cecilia Gallerani portrait in the Royal Palace, in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

3. Who painted Young Woman with Ermine?

4. Why is the traveler advised against hiring a car to take him from the city to his destination in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

5. Where does the narrator say that Dr. D. Clements Olin was born in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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