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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stands against the “diabolical” concept of dancing at Auschwitz and condemns those who danced, regardless of the fact that he’d joined in, in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?
(a) Father Mikal.
(b) G. Earwig.
(c) Rabbi Glock.
(d) Rabbi Dan.

2. 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) Olsztyn.
(b) Oseh Shalom.
(c) Almanach de Gotha.
(d) Szlachta.

3. Where was Pope John Paul II born?
(a) Wadowice, Poland.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) Moscow, Russia.
(d) Cracow, Poland.

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

5. What name refers to the Pentateuch, the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament?
(a) The Kasimierz.
(b) The Torah.
(c) The Shofar.
(d) The Szlachta.

6. Whom does the narrator refer to as “Becca’s sarcastic lover” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 14?
(a) Stefan.
(b) Jaroslav.
(c) Malan.
(d) Rabbi Dan.

7. What is the name of the one survivor on the fleet of ships that G. Earwig’s family fled on, according to the information he’s discovered in Part IV: “In Paradise” opens in Chapters 15?
(a) Aharon Appelfeld.
(b) David Stonior.
(c) Viktor Frankl.
(d) Hanz Frank.

8. What was the name of Clements Olin’s maternal grandmother?
(a) Emilie Adam.
(b) Edith Frankl.
(c) Sarah Glock.
(d) Maria Appelfeld.

9. 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?”
(a) Master Appelfeld.
(b) Master Dogen.
(c) Master Levi.
(d) Master Ryokan.

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

11. When was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn born?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1918.

12. Who is the rabbi that leads the Jewish prayer service by the ash pit in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10?
(a) Rabbi Glock.
(b) Rabbi Dan.
(c) Rabbi Appelfeld.
(d) Rabbi Stein.

13. What word used by Dr. Stern in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16 means very sheer and light, or almost transparent or translucent?
(a) Pernicious.
(b) Disingenuous.
(c) Apocryphal.
(d) Diaphanous.

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

15. What museum does Olin visit in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?
(a) The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(b) The Musée du Louvre.
(c) The Czartoryski Museum.
(d) The National Gallery in Prague.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who tells the story about the Jewish family hiding in a secret hiding place in a Warsaw house and was then discovered by the Gestapo because of the little girl who wouldn’t stop crying in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

3. What was Sister Catherine’s name prior to her entrance to novice hood, according to Stefan in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?

4. Who first approaches Clements Olin in the mess hall to ask if he’s okay in the beginning of Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

5. Who relates the ancient tale of a man in sorrow who is comforted by a rabbi who tells him: “The only whole heart is the broken heart. But it must be wholly broken” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

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