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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. From what narrative point of view is In Paradise related?
(a) Second person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Fourth person.

4. What city does the traveler arrive in after taking a cab from the airport in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Lublin.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Olsztyn.
(d) Cracow.

5. Of the visitor, the narrator says in the conclusion of Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2, “The oppression seeping from these walls, he thinks, can only be deepened by his own misgivings as to” what?
(a) “What happened here fifty years ago.”
(b) “Why he has come here in the first place.”
(c) “Who he really is.”
(d) “His guilt in the entire affair.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to weariness from bodily or mental exertion?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Who painted Young Woman with Ermine?

5. What does the traveler order for Wanda to drink when they return to the café for his luggage in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

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