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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was chemist and writer Primo Levi born?
(a) Cracow, Poland.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Turin, Italy.
(d) Moscow, Russia.

2. What word is used by the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 to describe an overseer or “a privileged facilitator of the dirty work” at the concentration camps?
(a) Shofar.
(b) Kaddish.
(c) Vorarbeiter.
(d) Chiaroscuro.

3. What word from Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12 refers to an ecclesiastic attached to the chapel of a royal court, college, or military unit?
(a) Vorarbeiter.
(b) Chaplain.
(c) Chiaroscuro.
(d) Ecumenical.

4. When were “those heathen Turks finally driven from Vienna,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) 1683.
(b) 1495.
(c) 1241.
(d) 1726.

5. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6 refers to a person who is friendly to or admires England or English customs, etc.?
(a) Pedantic.
(b) Vorarbeiter.
(c) Anglophile.
(d) Ecumenical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Olin’s hand after Sister Ann-Marie wriggles free from the dancing circle in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

2. Who relates the ancient tale of a man in sorrow who is comforted by a rabbi who tells him: “The only whole heart is the broken heart. But it must be wholly broken” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

3. Who leads the Christian prayer service that Olin attends with Professor Adina Schreier in the beginning of Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6?

4. What word is used to describe the ram’s horn blown as a wind instrument in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

5. For how many years does Malan say he was held prisoner at Auschwitz in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?

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