18 Questions
Where was Adam Bernard Mickiewicz born?
Laskowo-Głuchy
What was the nickname of Karol Wojtyła's older brother Edmund?
Mundek
Who among Karol Wojtyła's siblings died during infancy before his birth?
Olga
Which movement drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity?
Neoclassical
Where was Józef Klemens Piłsudski born?
Żułów, Poland
What does Auschwitz refer to in the text?
Auschwitz was the largest and deadliest extermination camp during World War II.
Which Polish poet is widely regarded as Poland's greatest poet?
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz
Where was Karol Józef Wojtyła born?
Wadowice
In which village was Cyprian Kamil Norwid born?
Laskowo-Głuchy
Which town is described as having about 8,000 Catholics and 2,000 Jews?
Wadowice
Who was Marcin Wadowita's confessor and first teacher in Catholicism?
Father Kazimierz Figlewicz
Which influential figure did Karol Józef Wojtyła's parents possibly honor through his name choices?
Franz Joseph I
What role did Józef Klemens Piłsudski play in Poland's history?
Polish revolutionary and statesman
At what age did Karol Józef Wojtyła lose his mother, father, and older brother?
Before turning 21
Who might have influenced Karol's parents in choosing his name?
All of the above
What describes Karol Józef Wojtyła's early athletic endeavors?
Goalkeeper in football
Where did Marcin Wadowita study, including abroad in Rome?
Krakow
Where was Karol Józef Wojtyła baptized?
Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Study Notes
Polish Poets and Personalities
- Adam Bernard Mickiewicz was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist, regarded as a national poet in Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus.
- Cyprian Kamil Norwid was a Polish poet, dramatist, painter, and sculptor, born in the Masovian village of Laskowo-Głuchy near Warsaw.
Marcin Wadowita and Karol Wojtyła's Life
- Marcin Wadowita was a Polish priest, theologian, professor, and Deputy Chancellor of the Jagiellonian University, born in Wadowice.
- Karol Józef Wojtyła, later St. John Paul II, was born on May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, near Kraków, southern Poland, as the youngest of three children.
- He lost his mother, father, and older brother before his 21st birthday.
- Wojtyła was athletic, studious, and a gifted theatrical performer, and was baptized on June 20, 1920, in the Chapel of the Holy Family of the Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wadowice.
Important Figures and Events
- Józef Piłsudski was a Polish revolutionary and statesman, the first chief of state of the newly independent Poland established in November 1918.
- Wadowice is a small city fifty kilometers southwest of Kraków, Poland, with a population of about 8,000 Catholics and 2,000 Jews.
- Auschwitz was the largest and deadliest of six dedicated extermination camps during World War II and the Holocaust under Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
- Anti-semitism refers to hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious or racial group.
Other Notable Figures
- Juliusz Słowacki was a Polish Romantic poet, playwright, and visionary philosopher, born 1809 in Krzemieniec, died 1849 in Paris.
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