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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The couple that take the traveler to see the sights of the city in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1 take him past the Royal Palace and what cathedral?
(a) Wawel Cathedral.
(b) Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
(c) Cathedral Basilica.
(d) Cathedral of St. Adalbert.

2. The traveler describes Cecilia Gallerani as whose adolescent mistress in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) King Henry VIII’s.
(b) Charlemagne’s.
(c) Leonardo da Vinci’s.
(d) Count Ludovico Sforza’s.

3. 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) “Who he really is.”
(c) “His guilt in the entire affair.”
(d) “Why he has come here in the first place.”

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) Olsztyn.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Cracow.

5. In what room does the traveler eat leftover food after his arrival at the concentration camp in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The gas chamber.
(b) The SS mess hall.
(c) The coronation room.
(d) The selection platform.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What word used in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object?

4. 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?

5. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to the appearance of the face?

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