1. What word used in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 refers to a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water containing medicinal substances?
(a) Elixir.
(b) Shofar.
(c) Treblinka.
(d) Kibbutz.

2. What word used in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 refers to an earnest desire for achievement or distinction?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Visage.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Pedantic.

3. What does the traveler order for Wanda to drink when they return to the café for his luggage in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Beer.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Hot cocoa.

4. The door that the traveler knocks on at the concentration camp when he arrives is the door to what former structure in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The admissions building.
(b) The gas chamber.
(c) The selections platform.
(d) The prayer room.

5. 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) Malan.
(b) Stefan.
(c) Rainer.
(d) G. Earwig.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What word used in Part III: “Dancing at Auschwitz,” Chapter 11 means to give a false or misleading appearance to, or to conceal the truth?

3. When was Tadeusz Borowski born?

4. What word from the novel refers to an Israeli community settlement, usually agricultural, that is organized under collectivist principles?

5. What is the name of the Polish sculptor at the retreat who argues with the Jewish attendees in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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