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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sent to Under the Clock in February 1942?

2. Who accompanies Bukowski when Lubonski sends him to Bukowo?

3. Who stops Poland's progress toward becoming a leading European nation?

4. Who offers wheat and slaughtered pigs to the secret school?

5. Who asks Bukowski to join him in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what two reasons do the secret police investigate Wiktor Bukowski?

2. What is the unusual situation with Janko Buk and the woman he courts while stationed in Bukowo?

3. Who is Count Andrzej Lubonski and what is the purpose of his visit to Vienna in 1895?

4. What does Count Andrzej Lubonski tell Wiktor Bukowksi about a secret police report and what solution does Bukowski consider to help save his reputation?

5. What is the daring raid the partisan carries out in Krakow? What encouraged them to do it?

6. Explain how Beruta ends up with a list of traitors.

7. Why won't Feliks ever marry into a magnate's family? Who explains this to him?

8. What does job proposal does Jadwiga make on behalf of her son?

9. Explain how Jadwiga Buk dies.

10. Who is Szymon Bukowski? Who are his parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between tone and mood? What was the tone of this novel? What was the mood of it? Was it consistent throughout or did it vary? Define the terms tone and mood and use examples from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

Define the term flashback as it applies to literature. How are flashbacks used in "Poland"?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Feliks and Roman as minor characters in "Poland".

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