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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. The narrator says in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12 that “Olin’s brief marriage ended in divorce on grounds of what his wife’s attorney cited as” what?
(a) “Addiction to adultery.”
(b) “Alcoholism and abuse.”
(c) “Homosexual tendencies.”
(d) “Alienation of the affections.”

2. Who is Erna speaking of when she says to Olin in Part IV: “In Paradise” opens in Chapters 15, “It’s all taken care of, Baron. He’s finished”?
(a) Father Mikal.
(b) Franz Xaver Schwarz.
(c) Father Eugene.
(d) Stefan.

3. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6 means causing insidious harm or ruin?
(a) Anglophile.
(b) Pernicious.
(c) Ecumenical.
(d) Pedantic.

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

5. Where does Malan suggest Olin visit “the old Franciscan cathedral and have a look at its modern stained-glass window” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?
(a) Treblinka.
(b) Cracow.
(c) Palestine.
(d) Romania.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Josef Mengele join the Nazi Party?

2. What word used by Father Mikal in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13 means easily influenced?

3. What does Olin leave behind in the bricks of the cellar at Birkenau as an offering to his mother in Part IV: “In Paradise” opens in Chapters 15?

4. What is the name of Rainer’s uncle that he says he’s come to Auschwitz to honor in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

5. What was the name of Clements Olin’s maternal grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Olin go after Catherine bids him farewell in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?

2. What story does Stefan reveal when he steps forward to “bear witness” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

3. How does the narrator describe the correlations between art and evil in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?

4. Who follows Olin as he searches for Brzezinka in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 8? Why is Olin looking for this setting?

5. What reason does Olin give for his family’s failure to search for his mother when he “bears witness” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 14?

6. What happens with Sister Ann-Marie during the prayer service in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 8?

7. Who steps forward to “bear witness” at the meditation meeting in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10? What does this character reveal?

8. How is the theme of the human capacity for evil explored in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

9. How does the dancing come about in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11? Who dances alongside Olin?

10. How does G. Earwig describe the loss of his family in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12?

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