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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Elbe River.
(c) The Vistula River.
(d) The Oka River.

2. What year does the narrator say it is in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2001.

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

4. 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) Spring.
(b) Monday.
(c) Summer.
(d) Next month.

5. Who was the Governor General of Occupied Poland that confiscated the portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, according to the traveler in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Hanz Frank.
(b) Rudolf Höss.
(c) King Kasimierz.
(d) Aharon Appelfeld.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what narrative point of view is In Paradise related?

2. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 refers to the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others?

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

4. What city does the traveler arrive in after taking a cab from the airport in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

5. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 means ostentatious in one’s learning, or overly concerned with minute formalisms?

(see the answer key)

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