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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. What year does the narrator say it is in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) 1996.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1993.
(d) 2001.
2. 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?
(a) His father.
(b) His stepmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandmother.
3. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 means ostentatious in one’s learning, or overly concerned with minute formalisms?
(a) Apocryphal.
(b) Pedantic.
(c) Vorarbeiter.
(d) Ecumenical.
4. What word from the novel refers to an Israeli community settlement, usually agricultural, that is organized under collectivist principles?
(a) Chiaroscuro.
(b) Kaddish.
(c) Kibbutz.
(d) Shofar.
5. What is the Brick Gothic church that was “destroyed in the thirteenth century by Asian Tatars” and rebuilt in the fourteenth century, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Cathedral of St. Adalbert.
(b) St. Mary’s Basilica.
(c) Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
(d) Wawel Cathedral.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year does the narrator say that Olin’s grandparents “had prevailed upon their son Alexei, a young lieutenant of the cavalry, to escort them in their flight abroad to England and America” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
2. In what room does the traveler eat leftover food after his arrival at the concentration camp in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
3. What object does Dr. Olin recall “collapsing upon itself in an October field in the New England dusk” “as the loneliest thing he’d ever seen,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
4. What is the name of Wanda’s boyfriend who helps to show the visitor around in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who greets Olin once he arrives at his destination in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
2. When did Olin’s grandparents and father leave Europe, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
3. What favor does the young couple offer to the traveler in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1? Why?
4. What central tensions are established in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1? Why are these conflicts important?
5. Where does Dr. Stern say most of the retreat attendees have come from in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
6. What is on the agenda for the first morning of the retreat in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
7. What does Olin consider about the concept of “bearing witness” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
8. What about Commandant Rudolf Höss fascinates Olin, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
9. What does Olin point out about the history of Oswiecim in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
10. Where has “the traveler” arrived in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1? What does he learn upon his arrival?
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