In Paradise Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Governor General of Occupied Poland that confiscated the portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, according to the traveler in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?
(a) Aharon Appelfeld.
(b) Rudolf Höss.
(c) Hanz Frank.
(d) King Kasimierz.

2. When was the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova born?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1826.

3. 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) Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates.
(d) The Metamorphosis.

4. Whom does the traveler recall having said to him of his trip to Poland, “You really have no choice about it, do you?” in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His stepmother.
(d) His grandmother.

5. The narrator says of the traveler and young couple in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2, “Not that he’d deserved much courtesy. They had been kind to lug him thirty miles on a winter road to this” what?
(a) "Jedem das Seine."
(b) “Almanach de Gotha.”
(c) “Cloaca maxima.”
(d) “Szlachta.”

6. When was Christian Europe saved “from the Mongol hordes,” according to the narrator in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) 1369.
(b) 1189.
(c) 1415.
(d) 1241.

7. What does the traveler attempt to give to Wanda before the couple departs, leaving him at the concentration camp, in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) A gold ring.
(b) A piece of amber.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A pearl bracelet.

8. During what century does the narrator say Poland “ruled all Europe from the Baltic east to the Black Sea” in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 5?
(a) The sixteenth century.
(b) The seventeenth century.
(c) The thirteenth century.
(d) The fifteenth century.

9. What word is used to describe the ram’s horn blown as a wind instrument in Part II: “In the Ogre’s Cave,” Chapter 4?
(a) Visage.
(b) Shofar.
(c) Kaddish.
(d) Chiaroscuro.

10. The man who points out the different locations at the camp in the dormitory in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2 says to the traveler, “Why do you stare, if I may ask? You never see” what before?
(a) “An Islamic Norwegian.”
(b) “An Arabic Jew.”
(c) “An American Jew.”
(d) “A Nordic Jew.”

11. When was Tadeusz Borowski born?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1922.

12. 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) Smith.
(b) O’Brien.
(c) Ross.
(d) O’Malley.

13. What mountains does the narrator describe rising in the south toward Slovakia in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 2?
(a) The Tatra Mountains.
(b) The Carpathian Mountains.
(c) The Pyrenees Mountains.
(d) The Alps.

14. From what narrative point of view is In Paradise related?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Fourth person.
(d) First person.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week is it when the traveler arrives in the city and tours it with the young couple in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

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

3. Where does the narrator say Dr. Olin attended university in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 3?

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 Wanda’s boyfriend who helps to show the visitor around in Part I: “A Guest of Poland,” Chapter 1?

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