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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the survivor-writer that is quoted in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 has having said “The Holocaust belongs to the type of enormous experience that reduces one to silence. Any utterance, any statement, any ‘answer’ is tiny, meaningless, and occasionally ridiculous”?
(a) Brigitte Frank.
(b) Dr. Anders Stern.
(c) Aharon Appelfeld.
(d) Hanz Frank.

2. The door that the traveler knocks on at the concentration camp when he arrives is the door to what former structure in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The gas chamber.
(b) The selections platform.
(c) The admissions building.
(d) The prayer room.

3. 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) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Queens, New York.

4. Who painted Young Woman with Ermine?
(a) Leonardo da Vinci.
(b) Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Michelangelo.

5. How long is the retreat to last, according to Dr. Stern in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Whom does the traveler recall having said to him of his trip to Poland, “You really have no choice about it, do you?” in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

4. What is the name of the old Jewish quarter where the traveler and his young tour guides stop at a café in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

5. The man who points out the different locations at the camp in the dormitory in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 says to the traveler, “Why do you stare, if I may ask? You never see” what before?

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