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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does the narrator say it is in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1993.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1996.

2. 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 French.
(b) The Jews.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Polish.

3. What is the last name of the retreat attendee that is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 as “a makeshift Tibetan Buddhist from New Jersey”?
(a) O’Brien.
(b) O’Malley.
(c) Smith.
(d) Ross.

4. 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”?
(a) Viktor Frankl.
(b) Franz Xaver Schwarz.
(c) Rudolf Höss.
(d) Primo Levi.

5. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4 refers to the distribution of light and shade in a picture?
(a) Chiaroscuro.
(b) Ecumenical.
(c) Silhouette.
(d) Visage.

6. Where is Ben Lama’s retreat assistant from, according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Dublin, Ireland.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Warsaw, Poland.

7. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 refers to the appearance of the face?
(a) Visage.
(b) Silhouette.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Chiaroscuro.

8. What literary work of Tadeusz Borowski is described in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?
(a) Waiting for Godot.
(b) This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.
(c) The Metamorphosis.
(d) Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates.

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

10. When were “those heathen Turks finally driven from Vienna,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) 1495.
(b) 1683.
(c) 1726.
(d) 1241.

11. What word from Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3 refers to the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others?
(a) Sadism.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Pedantic.
(d) Dread.

12. To whom does Ben Lama offer the microphone after opening the meeting following dinner at the museum auditorium in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) Hanz Frank.
(b) Rabbi Dan.
(c) Father Mikal.
(d) Viktor Frankl.

13. What word from the novel refers to an Israeli community settlement, usually agricultural, that is organized under collectivist principles?
(a) Kaddish.
(b) Kibbutz.
(c) Chiaroscuro.
(d) Shofar.

14. When does the traveler describe southwest Poland having been seized by the Third Reich and Jews driven to the ghetto in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) September, 1939.
(b) August, 1938.
(c) June, 1940.
(d) December, 1941.

15. 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 prayer room.
(b) The gas chamber.
(c) The admissions building.
(d) The selections platform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hereditary class does the narrator say Old Baron Olinski had brought his antique red leather boots to the New World to denote, in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?

2. What word from Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5 refers to people of noble or high rank?

3. Who harasses the Catholic novices when they light a candle in the Hunger Cell in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?

4. 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?

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”?

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