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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At least how many prisoners died at Auschwitz during the Holocaust?
(a) 1.1 million.
(b) 3.2 million.
(c) 2.3 million.
(d) 4.3 million.

2. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to the appearance of the face?
(a) Silhouette.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Visage.
(d) Chiaroscuro.

3. Who harasses the Catholic novices when they light a candle in the Hunger Cell in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Malan.
(b) Erna.
(c) G. Earwig.
(d) Aharon Appelfeld.

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) Thursday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

5. The man who points out the different locations at the camp in the dormitory in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 says to the traveler, “Why do you stare, if I may ask? You never see” what before?
(a) “A Nordic Jew.”
(b) “An American Jew.”
(c) “An Arabic Jew.”
(d) “An Islamic Norwegian.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What term in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 refers to a liturgical prayer consisting of three or six verses?

2. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 means ostentatious in one’s learning, or overly concerned with minute formalisms?

3. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 means to fear something greatly and/or to be in extreme apprehension of something?

4. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 means extreme suffering and/or torment?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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