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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 was Josef Mengele’s nickname?
(a) The Murder Machine.
(b) The President of Evil.
(c) The Angel of Death.
(d) The Mad Doctor.

2. What is the name of the Polish sculptor at the retreat who argues with the Jewish attendees in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?
(a) Malan.
(b) Hanz Frank.
(c) Rainer.
(d) Zygmunt.

3. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7 means resisting authority or control, or disobedient?
(a) Pernicious.
(b) Pedantic.
(c) Ecumenical.
(d) Recalcitrant.

4. When is the bus said to be departing for Cracow from the concentration camp in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 15?
(a) Early morning.
(b) Midday.
(c) Early evening.
(d) Late evening.

5. What name refers to the Pentateuch, the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament?
(a) The Shofar.
(b) The Kasimierz.
(c) The Szlachta.
(d) The Torah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Olin describe in Part IV: “In Paradise,” Chapter 16 as having “celebrated that vital joy in his atavistic impulse to devour the raw heart of a deer that is slain bare-handed”?

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?

3. Who is described in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 as the lone Ostjude survivor among those at the retreat?

4. What is the name of the younger Catholic novice on the retreat?

5. What is the name of the ship that G. Earwig has spent his life in search of, according to the narrator in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Olin consider the phenomenon of the dancing to be in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

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

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

4. What information does Erna reveal to Olin prior to the meditation meeting in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 14?

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

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

8. Why does Olin go into the town of Oswiecim in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 8? What does he take with him?

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

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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