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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wanda read on the sign as the young couple enters the gates at the compound to drop off the traveler in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) Jedem das Seine.
(b) Arbeit macht frei.
(c) Le travail rend libre!
(d) Heil Hitler.

2. What river does the narrator describe the road following “westward across the frozen landscape” in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The Danube River.
(b) The Vistula River.
(c) The Elbe River.
(d) The Oka River.

3. What word used in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object?
(a) Disingenuous.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Silhouette.

4. What is the name of the camp that the traveler has come to in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The Auschwitz concentration camp.
(b) The Chelmno extermination camp.
(c) The Gross-Rosen concentration camp.
(d) The Mauthausen-Gusen camp.

5. The traveler describes Cecilia Gallerani as whose adolescent mistress in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) King Henry VIII’s.
(b) Count Ludovico Sforza’s.
(c) Charlemagne’s.
(d) Leonardo da Vinci’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the traveler say “styled herself ‘a Queen of Poland’” and displayed the Cecilia Gallerani portrait in the Royal Palace, in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

2. What city does the traveler arrive in after taking a cab from the airport in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

3. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to the appearance of the face?

4. What year does the narrator say it is in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

5. The traveler is said to have once been a resident of what location in the U.S. in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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