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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator say Dr. Olin attended university in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Connecticut.

2. Professor Adina Schreier is a teacher and historian from what country?
(a) Canada.
(b) France.
(c) Bolivia.
(d) Israel.

3. How many languages does G. Earwig speak, “all of them poorly,” according to the narrator in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

4. The retreat’s unofficial “spiritual leader” is nicknamed what, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Hanz Frank.
(b) Malan.
(c) Stefan.
(d) Ben Lama.

5. What is the name of the prayer that is translated by the rabbi as “Making Peace by Making Whole” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?
(a) Almanach de Gotha.
(b) Oseh Shalom.
(c) Olsztyn.
(d) Szlachta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12 means marked by characteristics of an earlier period, or antiquated?

2. What is Dr. Stern’s first name in the novel?

3. Who relates the ancient tale of a man in sorrow who is comforted by a rabbi who tells him: “The only whole heart is the broken heart. But it must be wholly broken” in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11?

4. What is Dr. Stern’s specialization, according to the narrator in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

5. The narrator says in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12 that “Olin’s brief marriage ended in divorce on grounds of what his wife’s attorney cited as” what?

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