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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 word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6 means causing insidious harm or ruin?
(a) Pedantic.
(b) Ecumenical.
(c) Anglophile.
(d) Pernicious.

2. When was Josef Mengele born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1889.

3. 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) Jedem das Seine.
(b) Le travail rend libre!
(c) Arbeit macht frei.
(d) Heil Hitler.

4. What word used in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object?
(a) Silhouette.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Disingenuous.
(d) Fatigue.

5. How long is the retreat to last, according to Dr. Stern in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 3 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova born?

2. What word used in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 means lacking sense or silly?

3. Who is described in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6 as “a Czech whose mother had survived the first selection only to die within the next few hours”?

4. What river does the narrator describe the road following “westward across the frozen landscape” in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

5. What are the lyrics of the children’s lullaby that Sister Catherine translates into English for Olin in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?

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