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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The door that the traveler knocks on at the concentration camp when he arrives is the door to what former structure in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The prayer room.
(b) The gas chamber.
(c) The selections platform.
(d) The admissions building.

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

3. 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?
(a) His father.
(b) His stepmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandmother.

4. 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 Elbe River.
(b) The Vistula River.
(c) The Danube River.
(d) The Oka River.

5. Who painted Young Woman with Ermine?
(a) Leonardo da Vinci.
(b) Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the camp that the traveler has come to in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

2. 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?

3. What Polish province was “a hub for seasonal harvest labor transported across northern Europe” prior to World War II, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

4. What does the traveler attempt to give to Wanda before the couple departs, leaving him at the concentration camp, in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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