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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) There is a fuel shortage.
(b) The cars are too slow.
(c) There are no taxis.
(d) It is too expensive.

2. When does the traveler describe southwest Poland having been seized by the Third Reich and Jews driven to the ghetto in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) August, 1938.
(b) December, 1941.
(c) June, 1940.
(d) September, 1939.

3. The traveler is said to have once been a resident of what location in the U.S. in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Queens, New York.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(d) Los Angeles, California.

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

5. What word used in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 means general or universal?
(a) Visage.
(b) Ecumenical.
(c) Sadism.
(d) Pedantic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it that the traveler arrives in Poland in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

2. What word from the novel refers to an Israeli community settlement, usually agricultural, that is organized under collectivist principles?

3. What is the last name of the retreat attendee that is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 as “a makeshift Tibetan Buddhist from New Jersey”?

4. Where does the narrator say Dr. Olin attended university in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the old Jewish quarter where the traveler and his young tour guides stop at a café in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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