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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 Bukowski's cousin going to marry?

2. Who sneaks a peak through Ludwik's files and records the name of traitors?

3. What is the name of Lubonski's castle?

4. As the Russians approach Bukowo, who devotes attention to moving the art treasures to Paris?

5. What is the name of the village woman that Janko Buk decides to court?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the unusual situation with Janko Buk and the woman he courts while stationed in Bukowo?

2. Explain the development of a middle class in Poland after World War I.

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

4. Who is Count Andrzej Lubonski and what is the purpose of his visit to Vienna in 1895?

5. Explain how Jadwiga Buk dies.

6. Explain how Beruta ends up with a list of traitors.

7. What two things make Jan Buk reconsider his support for the Russians in World War II?

8. Explain how and when Poland "disappears."

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

10. Why won't Feliks ever marry into a magnate's family? Who explains this to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and discuss the protagonist in "Poland". Is the protagonist one person, a particular family, or several people in this novel? Explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Name and discuss three historical events or actual locations that exist in real-life and were mentioned in the book. What role does each event play in the book?

Essay Topic 3

What aspects and experiences of the author's own life might be drawn upon for inspiration in this novel, "Poland"? Explain your answers, giving an overview of the author's life.

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