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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5 refers to people of noble or high rank?
(a) Ecumenical.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Patricians.
(d) Vorarbeiter.

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

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?
(a) The thirteenth century.
(b) The sixteenth century.
(c) The fifteenth century.
(d) The seventeenth century.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. Whom does the traveler recall having said to him of his trip to Poland, “You really have no choice about it, do you?” in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) His stepmother.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mother.

12. Dr. Stern tells Dr. Olin in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 that the majority of the attendees at the retreat are Jews and Christians from what country?
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Israel.
(d) Portugal.

13. Who does the traveler say “styled herself ‘a Queen of Poland’” and displayed the Cecilia Gallerani portrait in the Royal Palace, in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Brigitte Frank.
(b) Maria Levi.
(c) Mary Höss.
(d) Emilie Schwarz.

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

15. Where was chemist and writer Primo Levi born?
(a) Warsaw, Poland.
(b) Cracow, Poland.
(c) Moscow, Russia.
(d) Turin, Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who harasses the Catholic novices when they light a candle in the Hunger Cell in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Of the visitor, the narrator says in the conclusion of Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2, “The oppression seeping from these walls, he thinks, can only be deepened by his own misgivings as to” what?

5. 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”?

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