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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the survivor-writer that is quoted in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 has having said “The Holocaust belongs to the type of enormous experience that reduces one to silence. Any utterance, any statement, any ‘answer’ is tiny, meaningless, and occasionally ridiculous”?
(a) Hanz Frank.
(b) Aharon Appelfeld.
(c) Dr. Anders Stern.
(d) Brigitte Frank.

2. Dr. Stern tells Dr. Olin in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 that the majority of the attendees at the retreat are Jews and Christians from what country?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) France.
(d) Israel.

3. The retreat’s unofficial “spiritual leader” is nicknamed what, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Hanz Frank.
(b) Stefan.
(c) Malan.
(d) Ben Lama.

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) 1495.
(b) 1241.
(c) 1726.
(d) 1683.

5. What does Mr. Earwig say his first name is in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Gene.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Georgie.
(d) Grayson.

6. What month is it that the traveler arrives in Poland in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) December.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) February.

7. The man who points out the different locations at the camp in the dormitory in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 says to the traveler, “Why do you stare, if I may ask? You never see” what before?
(a) “An Arabic Jew.”
(b) “An American Jew.”
(c) “An Islamic Norwegian.”
(d) “A Nordic Jew.”

8. Where is Ben Lama’s retreat assistant from, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Warsaw, Poland.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Berlin, Germany.
(d) Dublin, Ireland.

9. What does the traveler order for Wanda to drink when they return to the café for his luggage in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Beer.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Hot cocoa.
(d) Champagne.

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

11. When was Christian Europe saved “from the Mongol hordes,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) 1241.
(b) 1415.
(c) 1369.
(d) 1189.

12. To whom does Ben Lama offer the microphone after opening the meeting following dinner at the museum auditorium in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) Rabbi Dan.
(b) Viktor Frankl.
(c) Hanz Frank.
(d) Father Mikal.

13. What object does Dr. Olin recall “collapsing upon itself in an October field in the New England dusk” “as the loneliest thing he’d ever seen,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) An old car.
(b) A house.
(c) A pumpkin.
(d) A train car.

14. Professor Adina Schreier is a teacher and historian from what country?
(a) Bolivia.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) Israel.

15. Who does Dr. Stern describe as “Me-firsters even in grief, these people” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) The Polish.
(b) The French.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe the ram’s horn blown as a wind instrument in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

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

3. At least how many prisoners died at Auschwitz during the Holocaust?

4. What was the name of Clements Olin’s maternal grandfather?

5. Who wrote Survival in Auschwitz, or If This is a Man?

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