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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the Prologue's dinner party is going on downstairs, what is happening upstairs?
(a) An after-dinner surprise is being set up for Goeth.
(b) Two prisoners are sneaking in a prostitute for Goeth.
(c) A listening device is being placed in Goeth's room.
(d) Pfefferberg and Lisiek are scrubbing Goeth's bathtub.

2. Lisiek was shot dead by Goeth for what infraction?
(a) Not coming quick enough when Goeth called him.
(b) Leaving a ring around Goeth's bathtub.
(c) Harnessing a horse and buggy without first asking permission.
(d) Not having dinner ready on time.

3. What happened to the Jews at prayer in the Stara Boznica synagogue when the Einsatzgruppe squad arrived?
(a) Those who allowed their prayer locks to be cut off were freed; the rest were shot dead.
(b) The Jews who would not spit on the Torah were shot, and those who would spit on it were let go.
(c) They were all shot.
(d) They were herded into cattle cars and taken to a concentration camp.

4. How much does Helen Hirsch pay Schindler to rescue her sister?
(a) 1,000 zloty.
(b) 4,000 zloty.
(c) 3,000 zloty.
(d) 2,000 zloty.

5. In Chapter One, Oskar Schindler meets Eberhard Gebauer, who offers Schindler the opportunity to join the. . .
(a) Untermensch police agency.
(b) Hakenkreuz security.
(c) Treuhänder committee.
(d) Abwehr intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, the narrator remarks that only Schindler, Madritsch, and Titsch regularly spent money on this commodity. What is it?

2. During which war does the action in this novel take place?

3. What is the name of Schindler's wife?

4. To what type of venue did Oskar Schindler invite a group of men around Christmas of 1939?

5. In which country does the novel take place?

(see the answer key)

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