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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. The night after the man claiming to have the surname of Finkelstein dies, Yanek dreams that statues made of what substance come to life?
2. As Yanek and the other prisoners enter the gates of Auschwitz, they see a sign announcing that "work is" (148) what?
3. At the end of Chapter 19, Yanek thinks he may be losing his mind when he hears the sound of what?
4. When Yanek helps a fellow prisoner to continue on with the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen, what body part of the prisoner's does Yanek prop up onto his own body?
5. What is NOT something Yanek associates with his formerly safe and happy self?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which objects in the salt mine does Yanek consider aesthetically beautiful?
2. What happens to Fred when he is unable to work?
3. How does Yanek find out that the train's destination is Birkenau before the train arrives there?
4. Discuss an instance in the novel when Yanek's determination to survive is apparent.
5. To what location is Yanek sent after he is removed from the Plaszow concentration camp?
6. For what reason does Fred become unable to work?
7. How does the theme of altruism arise within the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?
8. What ominous warning does an SS guard give to Yanek as he enters Auschwitz?
9. How does the theme of collectivism arise within Yanek's arrival at Auschwitz?
10. What scent does Yanek detect in the air when he is brought to the Birkenau death camp?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Prisoner B-3087 from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Gratz’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of Prisoner B-3087. How does Gratz use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of messages central to the tenets of the work?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Gratz’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Prisoner B-3087.
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