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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator say that Dr. D. Clements Olin was born in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Poland.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Canada.

2. What literary work of Tadeusz Borowski is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) The Metamorphosis.
(b) Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates.
(c) Waiting for Godot.
(d) This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.

3. What word from the novel refers to an Israeli community settlement, usually agricultural, that is organized under collectivist principles?
(a) Kaddish.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Shofar.
(d) Kibbutz.

4. What Viennese Holocaust survivor is quoted in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5 as having said, “We who have come back, we know. The best of us did not return”?
(a) Viktor Frankl.
(b) Franz Xaver Schwarz.
(c) Rudolf Höss.
(d) Primo Levi.

5. The traveler learns upon arriving in the city that the buses that go to his destination won’t be available before when, in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Spring.
(b) Next month.
(c) Summer.
(d) Monday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Stern’s specialization, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

2. Who is the survivor-writer that is quoted in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 has having said “The Holocaust belongs to the type of enormous experience that reduces one to silence. Any utterance, any statement, any ‘answer’ is tiny, meaningless, and occasionally ridiculous”?

3. Where was chemist and writer Primo Levi born?

4. 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?

5. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to weariness from bodily or mental exertion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Dr. Olin’s personal reasons for attending the retreat, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

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

3. What symbolic items did Olin’s grandfather bring with him to the New World, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5? Why?

4. What confrontation takes place between Earwig and Olin outside the crematorium in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

5. 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?

6. What does Olin consider about the concept of “bearing witness” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

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

8. What does Olin consider about his behavior after the departure of Wanda and Mirek in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

9. Where has “the traveler” arrived in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1? What does he learn upon his arrival?

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

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