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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Jews does the traveler tell his companions were murdered after World War II in Poland in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) Nearly 3,000.
(b) Nearly 2,000.
(c) Nearly 5,000.
(d) Nearly 1,000.

2. 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.

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?
(a) "Jedem das Seine."
(b) “Szlachta.”
(c) “Almanach de Gotha.”
(d) “Cloaca maxima.”

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

5. What literary work of Tadeusz Borowski is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Waiting for Godot.
(b) Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates.
(c) This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.
(d) The Metamorphosis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What city does the traveler arrive in after taking a cab from the airport in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

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

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?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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