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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Disingenuous.
(d) Silhouette.

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

3. 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 fifteenth century.
(c) The sixteenth century.
(d) The seventeenth century.

4. Who does Dr. Stern describe as “Me-firsters even in grief, these people” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) The Jews.
(b) The Polish.
(c) The French.
(d) The Germans.

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

6. Where does the narrator say Dr. Olin attended university in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New York.

7. Who was the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp from May 1940 to November 1943?
(a) Rudolf Höss.
(b) Hanz Frank.
(c) Franz Xaver Schwarz.
(d) Aharon Appelfeld.

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

9. 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?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Hot cocoa.
(c) Beer.
(d) Lemonade.

10. 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) Emilie Schwarz.
(b) Mary Höss.
(c) Brigitte Frank.
(d) Maria Levi.

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

12. The narrator says of the traveler and young couple in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2, “Not that he’d deserved much courtesy. They had been kind to lug him thirty miles on a winter road to this” what?
(a) "Jedem das Seine."
(b) “Szlachta.”
(c) “Almanach de Gotha.”
(d) “Cloaca maxima.”

13. By what name does the narrator describe Block 11 in the concentration camp in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) “The Sleeping Block.”
(b) “The Mental Block.”
(c) “The Medical Block.”
(d) “The Death Block.”

14. 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) 1942.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1938.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what saint do the Catholic novices offer a candle in the Hunger Cell in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

3. 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?

4. What hereditary class does the narrator say Old Baron Olinski had brought his antique red leather boots to the New World to denote, in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

5. Professor Adina Schreier is a teacher and historian from what country?

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