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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Szymon's cellmate?

2. After dinner at the Polish music gala,what do Lubsonski and Bukowski talk to the representative of Lithuania and the Ukraine about?

3. Who is the guest from Prussia that visits the fourth castle while Feliks is there?

4. Who stops Poland's progress toward becoming a leading European nation?

5. Who does Lubonski believe Poland will always be threatened by unless it finds an alliance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Wiktor Bukowski object to his cousin's marriage announcement?

2. Who is Szymon Bukowski? Who are his parents?

3. Who is SS Major Konrad Krumpf and where is he stationed?

4. Explain how and when Poland "disappears."

5. What is Wiktor Bukowski's secret and how does his wife deal with it when she learns about it?

6. What name does Szymon use when he joins Jan's Stork Commandos? What does Szymon do when the Russians begin the liberation of Poland?

7. What are the pros and cons with the Germans deciding to open a new weapons testing facility near Bukowo?

8. What is the daring raid the partisan carries out in Krakow? What encouraged them to do it?

9. Explain how Jadwiga Buk dies.

10. Explain the situation in which Count Andrzej Lubonski challenges someone to a duel during his visit to Vienna in 1895?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the primary theme of "Poland"? How does the author present this theme? How does the theme develop throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

There are four points of view in which literature is written: first person, third person objective, third person limited, and omniscient. Which point of view does the author use in this book? Is this the most effective point of view for this story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Count Lubonski and Wiktor Bukowski as main characters of this novel. What is the definition of main character and how do these men fit it?

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