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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. Where will Feliks' love from the fourth castle marry?

2. Who is the guest from Vienna that visits the fourth castle while Feliks is there?

3. Who asks Bukowski to join him in Paris?

4. Who makes Krumpf burn the note cards with the traitors' names on them?

5. Who suggests that the person who may be declared an enemy of the state should get married?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What kind of gala does Marjorie organize in 1918 and what is its social importance?

4. Discuss Szymon's life in his first concentration camp.

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

6. How does Lubonski help the partisan troop?

7. Who does Wiktor Bukowski court in Vienna and how does he resolve the Bukowo situation as his important Vienna-based relationship progresses?

8. What does job proposal does Jadwiga make on behalf of her son?

9. Explain how Jadwiga Buk dies.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A main character has both good and bad qualities, giving the character dimension. Discuss Szymon's bad qualities. Who is to blame for those qualities? Are the "bad" qualities really bad? Support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Define exposition and discuss the exposition of this novel. What does the reader learn from the exposition in "Poland"? How is the information presented to the reader? Is the information consistent throughout the book or does it change? Explain your answer and reasoning.

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