View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the camp that the traveler has come to in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The Mauthausen-Gusen camp.
(b) The Gross-Rosen concentration camp.
(c) The Auschwitz concentration camp.
(d) The Chelmno extermination camp.

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

5. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to weariness from bodily or mental exertion?
(a) Apocryphal.
(b) Disingenuous.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Vorarbeiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Stern describes the retreatants at the concentration camp as having come from how many countries in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

2. 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?

3. When was Christian Europe saved “from the Mongol hordes,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

4. 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?

5. What day of the week is it when the traveler arrives in the city and tours it with the young couple in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What setting at the concentration camp is described in the opening of Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

2. What is taking place when Mr. Earwig initiates a conflict in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

3. How would you describe the symbolic significance of the character of G. Earwig in the novel?

4. How does the narrator describe Dr. Olin’s professional objectives at the retreat in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

5. What is on the agenda for the first morning of the retreat in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

6. How was the birth of Clements Olinski discovered by the Olinskis, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

7. How do Mirek and Wanda respond when they arrive at Olin’s destination in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

8. How would you describe the narrative style established in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

9. When did Olin’s grandparents and father leave Europe, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

10. What favor does the young couple offer to the traveler in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1? Why?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 952 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample