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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. What is the name of Lubonski's castle?

2. Who may be declared an enemy of the state?

3. How does Marjorie receive her inheritance?

4. Who does the underground want to lead the partisan group in the Forest of Szczek?

5. Who do secret police label as a person who is easily duped?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Count Andrzej Lubonski tell Wiktor Bukowksi about a secret police report and what solution does Bukowski consider to help save his reputation?

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

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

6. Explain how Jadwiga Buk dies.

7. What is the complaint that Count Andrzej Lubonski hears during his visit to Vienna in 1895?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Compare and contrast Feliks and Roman as minor characters in "Poland".

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