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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Kasimierz.
(b) Lublin.
(c) Szlachta.
(d) Treblinka.

2. 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) Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
(b) Cathedral of St. Adalbert.
(c) Cathedral Basilica.
(d) Wawel Cathedral.

3. 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?
(a) There is a fuel shortage.
(b) There are no taxis.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) The cars are too slow.

4. What month is it that the traveler arrives in Poland in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) August.
(b) February.
(c) December.
(d) September.

5. The narrator says of the traveler and young couple in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2, “Not that he’d deserved much courtesy. They had been kind to lug him thirty miles on a winter road to this” what?
(a) “Almanach de Gotha.”
(b) “Szlachta.”
(c) "Jedem das Seine."
(d) “Cloaca maxima.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The traveler is said to have once been a resident of what location in the U.S. in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

2. What is the name of Wanda’s boyfriend who helps to show the visitor around in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

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?

4. Who painted Young Woman with Ermine?

5. What day of the week is it when the traveler arrives in the city and tours it with the young couple in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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