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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 II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 means lacking sense or silly?
(a) Apocryphal.
(b) Sardonic.
(c) Disingenuous.
(d) Inane.

2. What word used in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12 means marked by characteristics of an earlier period, or antiquated?
(a) Undetermined.
(b) Colloquial.
(c) Archaic.
(d) Intrinsic.

3. Adina tells Olin in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 that Sister Catherine was suspended from her teaching ministry and her novitiate for questioning the papal ban against what?
(a) Admission of guild during the Holocaust.
(b) Gay marriage.
(c) The use of birth control.
(d) The ordination of female priests.

4. The narrator says in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12 that “Olin’s brief marriage ended in divorce on grounds of what his wife’s attorney cited as” what?
(a) “Alienation of the affections.”
(b) “Addiction to adultery.”
(c) “Homosexual tendencies.”
(d) “Alcoholism and abuse.”

5. What word from Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12 refers to an ecclesiastic attached to the chapel of a royal court, college, or military unit?
(a) Ecumenical.
(b) Chaplain.
(c) Chiaroscuro.
(d) Vorarbeiter.

6. Who is Erna speaking of when she says to Olin in Part IV: “In Paradise” opens in Chapters 15, “It’s all taken care of, Baron. He’s finished”?
(a) Father Mikal.
(b) Father Eugene.
(c) Stefan.
(d) Franz Xaver Schwarz.

7. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6 means characterized by bitter or scornful derision?
(a) Ecumenical.
(b) Sardonic.
(c) Pedantic.
(d) Pernicious.

8. What name does Olin call out when chasing after Sister Catherine in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Emily.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Amalia.

9. When was Tadeusz Borowski married to his fiancée Maria?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1939.

10. What poet does Olin quote in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 when he describes “something not known to anyone at all but wild in our breast for centuries”?
(a) Franz Xaver Schwarz.
(b) Primo Levi.
(c) Aharon Appelfeld.
(d) Anna Akhmatova.

11. What is the name of the Polish sculptor at the retreat who argues with the Jewish attendees in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?
(a) Hanz Frank.
(b) Zygmunt.
(c) Malan.
(d) Rainer.

12. Where is Dr. Stern said to be from in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6?
(a) Norway.
(b) Greenland.
(c) France.
(d) Sweden.

13. How many times does Father Mikal say the novices have attended Confession from him in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

14. What word from Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16 refers to a long, tapering flag?
(a) Pennant.
(b) Kibbutz.
(c) Shofar.
(d) Ecumenical.

15. What personal torment does “Big Erna” describe when she stands before the attendees in the dining area in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?
(a) The bombing of her home.
(b) Sexual abuse.
(c) Her children’s illnesses and deaths.
(d) Unjust imprisonment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as “Becca’s companion, a violinist with long black hair” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

2. Where was Josef Mengele located at the time of his death?

3. What Zen master is cited in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16 as having written, “All the Universe is one bright pearl. What need is there to understand it?”

4. According to the former patient of Dr. Allgeier’s who became a camp guard, Olin’s mother was recognized on the selection platform at Auschwitz in what year?

5. Who questions whether Beethoven’s joy in Ode to Joy is indicative of transcendence in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?

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