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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 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) Cracow.
(b) Palestine.
(c) Romania.
(d) Treblinka.

2. What word from Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12 refers to an ecclesiastic attached to the chapel of a royal court, college, or military unit?
(a) Vorarbeiter.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Ecumenical.
(d) Chaplain.

3. Who questions whether Beethoven’s joy in Ode to Joy is indicative of transcendence in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?
(a) Hanz Frank.
(b) Rabbi Glock.
(c) Rabbi Dan.
(d) Rainer.

4. Who takes Olin’s hand after Sister Ann-Marie wriggles free from the dancing circle in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?
(a) Rabbi Glock.
(b) Sister Catherine.
(c) Brigitte Frank.
(d) Stefan.

5. What word used in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 means lacking sense or silly?
(a) Inane.
(b) Sardonic.
(c) Disingenuous.
(d) Apocryphal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7 means resisting authority or control, or disobedient?

2. What is the name of the one survivor on the fleet of ships that G. Earwig’s family fled on, according to the information he’s discovered in Part IV: “In Paradise” opens in Chapters 15?

3. Who is said to be “grievously disappointed in his death camp experience and ‘heavy of heart’ as well, perceiving all Poland as ‘one big cemetery’” in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?

4. Malan says to Olin in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13, “The only way to understand such evil is to” what?

5. Adina tells Olin in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 that Sister Catherine was suspended from her teaching ministry and her novitiate for questioning the papal ban against what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Olin encounter when his bus reaches Cracow in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?

3. What information does Earwig relate regarding his family in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 15?

4. How does Olin come to meet Sister Catherine in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 6?

5. How does the narrator describe the Olinskis’ efforts to locate Clements’s mother in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

6. What inner conflicts does Olin reveal in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 9?

7. What information does Olin learn from Stefan in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 13?

8. What information does Father Mikal reveal about Stefan in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16?

9. Where does Olin go on the morning of the departure in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 15? What does he do here?

10. 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?

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