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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Rainer’s uncle that he says he’s come to Auschwitz to honor in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?
(a) Lublin.
(b) Stefan.
(c) Werner.
(d) Milan.

2. 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) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(b) Los Angeles, California.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Queens, New York.

3. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 means ostentatious in one’s learning, or overly concerned with minute formalisms?
(a) Pedantic.
(b) Ecumenical.
(c) Vorarbeiter.
(d) Apocryphal.

4. When were “those heathen Turks finally driven from Vienna,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) 1726.
(b) 1241.
(c) 1683.
(d) 1495.

5. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6 means characterized by bitter or scornful derision?
(a) Sardonic.
(b) Pernicious.
(c) Ecumenical.
(d) Pedantic.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many synagogues does Erna say used to serve Oswiecim in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?

3. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 refers to the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others?

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

5. What is the Brick Gothic church that was “destroyed in the thirteenth century by Asian Tatars” and rebuilt in the fourteenth century, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

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