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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. At the fourth castle he visits, with whom does Feliks fall in love?

2. What is Bukowksi arguing about when he challenges someone to a duel?

3. Who organizes a school in secrecy in order to continue educating the Polish children?

4. Where does a third man confess his love for the woman Feliks falls in love with at the fourth castle?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Szymon get his assignment changed at the concentration camp? What is his new job?

2. What are the pros and cons with the Germans deciding to open a new weapons testing facility near Bukowo?

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

4. What kind of gala does Marjorie organize in 1918 and what is its social importance?

5. What name does Szymon use when he joins Jan's Stork Commandos? What does Szymon do when the Russians begin the liberation of Poland?

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

7. What is Wiktor Bukowski's secret and how does his wife deal with it when she learns about it?

8. Who does Wiktor Bukowski court in Vienna and how does he resolve the Bukowo situation as his important Vienna-based relationship progresses?

9. What becomes of Jan when the Stork Commandos return to their villages?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is the primary theme of "Poland"? How does the author present this theme? How does the theme develop throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 3

There are four points of view in which literature is written: first person, third person objective, third person limited, and omniscient. Which point of view does the author use in this book? Is this the most effective point of view for this story? Why or why not?

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