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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 gas chamber.
(b) The admissions building.
(c) The prayer room.
(d) The selections platform.

3. Where does the narrator say that Dr. D. Clements Olin was born in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Canada.

4. In what year did Rudolf Höss join the Nazi Party?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1939.

5. In what year does the narrator say that Olin’s grandparents “had prevailed upon their son Alexei, a young lieutenant of the cavalry, to escort them in their flight abroad to England and America” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1942.

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

7. The narrator describes Dr. Stern in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 as “one of those perverse intellectuals who enjoy the role of” what?
(a) “The professor.”
(b) “The priest.”
(c) “The student.”
(d) “The buffoon.”

8. 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) “Experimental medicine.”
(b) “Chiaroscuro.”
(c) “Cyanide gases.”
(d) “Genetic science.”

9. 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) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 5.

10. 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) Dan.
(b) Rainer.
(c) Stefan.
(d) James Glock.

11. For what saint do the Catholic novices offer a candle in the Hunger Cell in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Saint Christina.
(b) Saint Maximilian.
(c) Saint David.
(d) Saint Mary.

12. 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) King Henry VIII’s.
(d) Leonardo da Vinci’s.

13. 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) Tuesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Thursday.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the retreat to last, according to Dr. Stern in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

2. 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”?

3. What does Mr. Earwig say his first name is in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

4. 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?

5. The couple that take the traveler to see the sights of the city in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1 take him past the Royal Palace and what cathedral?

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