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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Dr. Stern describe as “Me-firsters even in grief, these people” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) The Polish.
(b) The French.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Jews.

2. Which of the retreat attendees is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 as “unaffiliated” in terms of religion and as having “no indicated nationality”?
(a) Stefan.
(b) G. Earwig.
(c) Malan.
(d) Rainer.

3. What was the name of Clements Olin’s maternal grandfather?
(a) Dr. Schwartz.
(b) Dr. Glock.
(c) Dr. Allgeier.
(d) Dr. Appelfeld.

4. 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) Oseh Shalom.
(b) Almanach de Gotha.
(c) Szlachta.
(d) Olsztyn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say that Dr. D. Clements Olin was born in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

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

3. What word from Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 12 refers to an ecclesiastic attached to the chapel of a royal court, college, or military unit?

4. What literary work of Tadeusz Borowski is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

5. What Viennese Holocaust survivor is quoted in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5 as having said, “We who have come back, we know. The best of us did not return”?

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