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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 III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 refers to a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water containing medicinal substances?
(a) Shofar.
(b) Elixir.
(c) Kibbutz.
(d) Treblinka.

2. 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 Eugene.
(b) Father Mikal.
(c) Franz Xaver Schwarz.
(d) Stefan.

3. Whom does Sister Catherine describe as her namesake in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 9?
(a) St. Catherine of Warsaw.
(b) St. Catherine of Milan.
(c) St. Catherine of Padua.
(d) St. Catherine of Siena.

4. What was Sister Catherine’s name prior to her entrance to novice hood, according to Stefan in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Michelle.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Amalia.

5. What word used in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 means to give a false or misleading appearance to, or to conceal the truth?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Vorarbeiter.
(c) Pedantic.
(d) Dissemble.

6. Where does the bus drop off G. Earwig in the opening of Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?
(a) At a hotel.
(b) At the airport.
(c) At the train station.
(d) At the cathedral.

7. What German word for “housewife” does Earwig use in a derogatory manner in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6?
(a) Hausfrau.
(b) Shofar.
(c) Kibbutz.
(d) Kaddish.

8. Who informs Olin in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 14 that she has tracked down a former patient of Dr. Allgeier’s who later worked as a camp guard?
(a) Brigitte Frank.
(b) Sister Catherine.
(c) Erna.
(d) Anna Akhmatova.

9. What is the name of the prayer that is translated by the rabbi as “Making Peace by Making Whole” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?
(a) Szlachta.
(b) Almanach de Gotha.
(c) Olsztyn.
(d) Oseh Shalom.

10. How many digits make up Malan’s prison number from Auschwitz?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

11. Who questions whether Beethoven’s joy in Ode to Joy is indicative of transcendence in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?
(a) Rainer.
(b) Rabbi Glock.
(c) Rabbi Dan.
(d) Hanz Frank.

12. How many synagogues does Erna say used to serve Oswiecim in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

14. 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?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1942.

15. When did Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 as the lone Ostjude survivor among those at the retreat?

2. What word from Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16 refers to a long, tapering flag?

3. How did Tadeusz Borowski commit suicide?

4. What word used in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12 means marked by characteristics of an earlier period, or antiquated?

5. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6 means characterized by bitter or scornful derision?

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