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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last name of the retreat attendee that is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 as “a makeshift Tibetan Buddhist from New Jersey”?
(a) Smith.
(b) O’Brien.
(c) O’Malley.
(d) Ross.

2. What word used in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Disingenuous.
(d) Silhouette.

3. What is the name of Wanda’s boyfriend who helps to show the visitor around in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Mikal.
(b) Mirek.
(c) Rainer.
(d) Stefan.

4. 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) “Why he has come here in the first place.”
(b) “Who he really is.”
(c) “His guilt in the entire affair.”
(d) “What happened here fifty years ago.”

5. What is the Brick Gothic church that was “destroyed in the thirteenth century by Asian Tatars” and rebuilt in the fourteenth century, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) St. Mary’s Basilica.
(b) Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
(c) Cathedral of St. Adalbert.
(d) Wawel Cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. Where does the narrator say Dr. Olin attended university in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

4. What river does the narrator describe the road following “westward across the frozen landscape” in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

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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