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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During which war does the action in this novel take place?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

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

3. In the Prologue, the narrator remarks that only Schindler, Madritsch, and Titsch regularly spent money on this commodity. What is it?
(a) Extra bread.
(b) Extra uniforms.
(c) Extra shoes.
(d) Soup for the factory workers.

4. 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) They were herded into cattle cars and taken to a concentration camp.
(c) They were all shot.
(d) The Jews who would not spit on the Torah were shot, and those who would spit on it were let go.

5. In which country does the novel take place?
(a) Germany.
(b) Poland.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Two, Oskar Schindler meets a Jewish accountant named. . .

2. In what year was Oskar Schindler born?

3. What does Schindler tell Helen Hirsch before he leaves?

4. In the Prologue, how does Schindler kiss the prostitutes invited to dinner?

5. What was the name of Schindler's beautiful Polish secretary?

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