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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What river does the narrator describe the road following “westward across the frozen landscape” in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The Oka River.
(b) The Danube River.
(c) The Elbe River.
(d) The Vistula River.

2. What word used in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 means general or universal?
(a) Visage.
(b) Sadism.
(c) Ecumenical.
(d) Pedantic.

3. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to the appearance of the face?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Silhouette.
(d) Visage.

4. What is Dr. Stern’s first name in the novel?
(a) Anders.
(b) David.
(c) Howard.
(d) Michael.

5. 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?
(a) Visage.
(b) Dread.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Corruption.

6. 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 grief.”
(c) “Our compassion.”
(d) “Our digestive tracts.”

7. Who was the Governor General of Occupied Poland that confiscated the portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, according to the traveler in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Hanz Frank.
(b) Aharon Appelfeld.
(c) Rudolf Höss.
(d) King Kasimierz.

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

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

10. 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?
(a) Pedantic.
(b) Sadism.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Dread.

11. What term in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 refers to a liturgical prayer consisting of three or six verses?
(a) Shofar.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Kaddish.
(d) Visage.

12. What is the name of Ben Lama’s retreat assistant, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Rainer.
(b) Stefan.
(c) Erna.
(d) Malan.

13. What literary work of Tadeusz Borowski is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates.
(b) The Metamorphosis.
(c) Waiting for Godot.
(d) This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.

14. 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 pearl bracelet.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A piece of amber.
(d) A gold ring.

15. 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) Father Mikal.
(b) Rabbi Dan.
(c) Hanz Frank.
(d) Viktor Frankl.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Christian Europe saved “from the Mongol hordes,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

2. 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?

3. During what century does the narrator say Poland “ruled all Europe from the Baltic east to the Black Sea” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

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

5. 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?

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