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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 means to fear something greatly and/or to be in extreme apprehension of something?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Visage.
(c) Dread.
(d) Fatigue.

2. The traveler learns upon arriving in the city that the buses that go to his destination won’t be available before when, in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Next month.
(b) Monday.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

3. What is the name of the camp that the traveler has come to in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The Mauthausen-Gusen camp.
(b) The Chelmno extermination camp.
(c) The Auschwitz concentration camp.
(d) The Gross-Rosen concentration camp.

4. 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 Danube River.
(b) The Vistula River.
(c) The Elbe River.
(d) The Oka River.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many “pilgrims” does Dr. Stern say have come to attend the retreat in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

2. Where does the narrator say Dr. Olin attended university 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. 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?

5. 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?

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