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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Wanda read on the sign as the young couple enters the gates at the compound to drop off the traveler in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) Heil Hitler.
(b) Le travail rend libre!
(c) Jedem das Seine.
(d) Arbeit macht frei.

3. What mountains does the narrator describe rising in the south toward Slovakia in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The Alps.
(b) The Tatra Mountains.
(c) The Carpathian Mountains.
(d) The Pyrenees Mountains.

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

5. Who is the “glum American rabbi” that instructs the other retreat attendees about the ram’s horn in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Stefan.
(b) Rainer.
(c) Dan.
(d) James Glock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe the ram’s horn blown as a wind instrument in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

2. The narrator describes Dr. Stern in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 as “one of those perverse intellectuals who enjoy the role of” what?

3. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to weariness from bodily or mental exertion?

4. What is Dr. Stern’s specialization, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

5. The retreat’s unofficial “spiritual leader” is nicknamed what, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

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