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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator describes Dr. Stern in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 as “one of those perverse intellectuals who enjoy the role of” what?
(a) “The buffoon.”
(b) “The professor.”
(c) “The student.”
(d) “The priest.”

2. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 9 means of doubtful authorship or authenticity?
(a) Sardonic.
(b) Pernicious.
(c) Recalcitrant.
(d) Apocryphal.

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) Champagne.
(c) Hot cocoa.
(d) Beer.

4. What word used in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 10 means lacking sense or silly?
(a) Disingenuous.
(b) Sardonic.
(c) Apocryphal.
(d) Inane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the camp that the traveler has come to in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?

2. Where was chemist and writer Primo Levi born?

3. 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?

4. Whom does Sister Catherine describe as her namesake in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 9?

5. Dr. Stern describes the retreatants at the concentration camp as having come from how many countries in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

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