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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 means extreme suffering and/or torment?
(a) Kaddish.
(b) Martyrdom.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Shofar.

2. What word used in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Disingenuous.
(c) Silhouette.
(d) Chiaroscuro.

3. 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) Fatigue.
(b) Sadism.
(c) Dread.
(d) Pedantic.

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

5. 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) Hanz Frank.
(c) Rabbi Dan.
(d) Viktor Frankl.

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

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

8. Who painted Young Woman with Ermine?
(a) Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
(b) Leonardo da Vinci.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Michelangelo.

9. 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?
(a) Wawel Cathedral.
(b) Cathedral Basilica.
(c) Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
(d) Cathedral of St. Adalbert.

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

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

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

13. Dr. Stern describes the retreatants at the concentration camp as having come from how many countries in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

14. 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) Aharon Appelfeld.
(b) Rudolf Höss.
(c) King Kasimierz.
(d) Hanz Frank.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the last name of the retreat attendee that is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 as “a makeshift Tibetan Buddhist from New Jersey”?

3. The traveler learns upon arriving in the city that the buses that go to his destination won’t be available before when, in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

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

5. The traveler describes Cecilia Gallerani as whose adolescent mistress in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

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