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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was chemist and writer Primo Levi born?
(a) Turin, Italy.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Moscow, Russia.
(d) Cracow, Poland.

2. 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?
(a) Chiaroscuro.
(b) Shofar.
(c) Visage.
(d) Kaddish.

3. What Polish province was “a hub for seasonal harvest labor transported across northern Europe” prior to World War II, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) Oswiecim.
(b) Szlachta.
(c) Lublin.
(d) Olsztyn.

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

5. What month is it that the traveler arrives in Poland in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) December.
(b) February.
(c) September.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. Inside the concentration camp, the narrator describes Block 10 as the location where “the assorted sadisms” of what were administered, in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

2. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 refers to the distribution of light and shade in a picture?

3. What does the traveler attempt to give to Wanda before the couple departs, leaving him at the concentration camp, in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

4. 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?

5. Where is Ben Lama’s retreat assistant from, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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