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

2. The door that the traveler knocks on at the concentration camp when he arrives is the door to what former structure in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The selections platform.
(b) The gas chamber.
(c) The admissions building.
(d) The prayer room.

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) Ecumenical.
(b) Pedantic.
(c) Vorarbeiter.
(d) Apocryphal.

4. 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) Dan.
(c) James Glock.
(d) Rainer.

5. 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) June, 1940.
(b) December, 1941.
(c) August, 1938.
(d) September, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Tadeusz Borowski born?

2. Professor Adina Schreier is a teacher and historian from what country?

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

4. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5 refers to people of noble or high rank?

5. What was Josef Mengele’s nickname?

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