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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the traveler order for Wanda to drink when they return to the café for his luggage in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Beer.
(d) Hot cocoa.

2. When was the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova born?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1826.
(d) 1911.

3. How many “pilgrims” does Dr. Stern say have come to attend the retreat in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) 103.
(b) 140.
(c) 56.
(d) 230.

4. What is Dr. Stern’s first name in the novel?
(a) Michael.
(b) Howard.
(c) David.
(d) Anders.

5. How long is the retreat to last, according to Dr. Stern in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. The traveler describes Cecilia Gallerani as whose adolescent mistress in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Who painted Young Woman with Ermine?

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