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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) “A Nordic Jew.”
(b) “An Islamic Norwegian.”
(c) “An Arabic Jew.”
(d) “An American Jew.”

3. 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 buffoon.”
(b) “The student.”
(c) “The professor.”
(d) “The priest.”

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

5. 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) Dr. Anders Stern.
(c) Aharon Appelfeld.
(d) Brigitte Frank.

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

7. How many Jews does the traveler tell his companions were murdered after World War II in Poland in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) Nearly 2,000.
(b) Nearly 5,000.
(c) Nearly 1,000.
(d) Nearly 3,000.

8. 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) A pumpkin.
(b) An old car.
(c) A train car.
(d) A house.

9. What is the name of Clements Olin’s father in the novel?
(a) David Olinski.
(b) Alexei Olinski.
(c) Michael Olinski.
(d) Xavier Olinski.

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

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

13. 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 gold ring.
(c) A pearl bracelet.
(d) A piece of amber.

14. 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.

15. 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) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where was chemist and writer Primo Levi born?

3. What word from the novel refers to an Israeli community settlement, usually agricultural, that is organized under collectivist principles?

4. When was Tadeusz Borowski born?

5. When were “those heathen Turks finally driven from Vienna,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

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