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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Stefan.
(b) Rainer.
(c) Malan.
(d) Erna.

4. Which of the retreat attendees is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 as “unaffiliated” in terms of religion and as having “no indicated nationality”?
(a) Stefan.
(b) Rainer.
(c) Malan.
(d) G. Earwig.

5. 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 digestive tracts.”
(b) “Our genetic code.”
(c) “Our grief.”
(d) “Our compassion.”

6. When was the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova born?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1826.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1799.

7. How old was Olin when he was sent away to boarding school, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

8. 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) There are no taxis.
(c) There is a fuel shortage.
(d) The cars are too slow.

9. 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) Rudolf Höss.
(c) Aharon Appelfeld.
(d) King Kasimierz.

10. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 means ostentatious in one’s learning, or overly concerned with minute formalisms?
(a) Pedantic.
(b) Ecumenical.
(c) Apocryphal.
(d) Vorarbeiter.

11. What is the name of Wanda’s boyfriend who helps to show the visitor around in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Rainer.
(b) Mikal.
(c) Stefan.
(d) Mirek.

12. What mountains does the narrator describe rising in the south toward Slovakia in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The Alps.
(b) The Tatra Mountains.
(c) The Pyrenees Mountains.
(d) The Carpathian Mountains.

13. From what narrative point of view is In Paradise related?
(a) Second person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Fourth person.

14. What is the name of the old Jewish quarter where the traveler and his young tour guides stop at a café in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Lublin.
(b) Treblinka.
(c) Kasimierz.
(d) Szlachta.

15. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 refers to the distribution of light and shade in a picture?
(a) Chiaroscuro.
(b) Silhouette.
(c) Ecumenical.
(d) Visage.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Who painted Young Woman with Ermine?

4. What literary work of Tadeusz Borowski is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

5. Where does the narrator say that Dr. D. Clements Olin was born in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

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