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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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 grandmother.
(b) His stepmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

4. 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?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Sunday.

5. Who is the survivor-writer that is quoted in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 has having said “The Holocaust belongs to the type of enormous experience that reduces one to silence. Any utterance, any statement, any ‘answer’ is tiny, meaningless, and occasionally ridiculous”?
(a) Dr. Anders Stern.
(b) Aharon Appelfeld.
(c) Hanz Frank.
(d) Brigitte Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary work of Tadeusz Borowski is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

2. What is Dr. Stern’s first name in the novel?

3. What year does the narrator say it is in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

4. When does the traveler describe southwest Poland having been seized by the Third Reich and Jews driven to the ghetto in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

5. What word used in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 means general or universal?

(see the answer key)

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