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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. Of those who witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust, Dr. Stern says what “is about all we have in common with those poor doomed bastards” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) “Our compassion.”
(b) “Our grief.”
(c) “Our digestive tracts.”
(d) “Our genetic code.”

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

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

4. Who is the “glum American rabbi” that instructs the other retreat attendees about the ram’s horn in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Rainer.
(b) James Glock.
(c) Stefan.
(d) Dan.

5. What word used in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object?
(a) Disingenuous.
(b) Silhouette.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Chiaroscuro.

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. Who wrote Survival in Auschwitz, or If This is a Man?

3. Why is the traveler advised against hiring a car to take him from the city to his destination in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

4. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 means ostentatious in one’s learning, or overly concerned with minute formalisms?

5. Whom does the traveler recall having said to him of his trip to Poland, “You really have no choice about it, do you?” in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Dr. Stern describe his personal mission in attending the retreat in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

3. How does Dr. Stern describe the mission of the retreat in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3? Who has come to attend the retreat?

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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