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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. In 1895, what is Count Andrzej Lubonski's title?

2. Who defeats the Russians in Warsaw?

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

4. Who is married to Beruta?

5. Who offers wheat and slaughtered pigs to the secret school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lubonski help the partisan troop?

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

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

4. How does Szymon get his assignment changed at the concentration camp? What is his new job?

5. How does Elzbieta respond to Feliks' talk of marriage? What happens after they talk and what is the final result?

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

7. Explain how Jadwiga Buk dies.

8. Explain how and when Poland "disappears."

9. Who does Feliks side with when there is conflict between Kosciuszko and Russia and why?

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

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

Discuss the author's writing experience and his successes of this book and others.

Essay Topic 3

Define rising action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in the novel. How does the author present it? How does the rising action flow? How does the rising action add to the suspense of the story?

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