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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who painted Young Woman with Ermine?
(a) Pablo Picasso.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Leonardo da Vinci.
(d) Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

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

3. 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?
(a) “Genetic science.”
(b) “Experimental medicine.”
(c) “Chiaroscuro.”
(d) “Cyanide gases.”

4. In what room does the traveler eat leftover food after his arrival at the concentration camp in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The SS mess hall.
(b) The selection platform.
(c) The gas chamber.
(d) The coronation room.

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

6. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 means extreme suffering and/or torment?
(a) Shofar.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Martyrdom.
(d) Kaddish.

7. What word from the novel refers to an Israeli community settlement, usually agricultural, that is organized under collectivist principles?
(a) Chiaroscuro.
(b) Shofar.
(c) Kaddish.
(d) Kibbutz.

8. How many “pilgrims” does Dr. Stern say have come to attend the retreat in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) 56.
(b) 230.
(c) 140.
(d) 103.

9. What was the name of Clements Olin’s maternal grandfather?
(a) Dr. Appelfeld.
(b) Dr. Glock.
(c) Dr. Allgeier.
(d) Dr. Schwartz.

10. 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?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A piece of amber.
(c) A gold ring.
(d) A pearl bracelet.

11. The traveler describes Cecilia Gallerani as whose adolescent mistress in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Charlemagne’s.
(b) Count Ludovico Sforza’s.
(c) Leonardo da Vinci’s.
(d) King Henry VIII’s.

12. Of those who witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust, Dr. Stern says what “is about all we have in common with those poor doomed bastards” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) “Our genetic code.”
(b) “Our compassion.”
(c) “Our digestive tracts.”
(d) “Our grief.”

13. 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) June, 1940.
(c) September, 1939.
(d) December, 1941.

14. At least how many prisoners died at Auschwitz during the Holocaust?
(a) 1.1 million.
(b) 4.3 million.
(c) 2.3 million.
(d) 3.2 million.

15. Whom does the traveler recall having said to him of his trip to Poland, “You really have no choice about it, do you?” in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His stepmother.
(d) His grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Stern’s first name in the novel?

2. What city does the traveler arrive in after taking a cab from the airport in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

3. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 means to fear something greatly and/or to be in extreme apprehension of something?

4. What term in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 refers to a liturgical prayer consisting of three or six verses?

5. Where was Clements Olin’s mother’s family from?

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