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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Stereotypes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did new prisoners bring with them?
(a) Books.
(b) News.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Food.

2. What were Kapos?
(a) Translators for the Germans.
(b) Recent arrivals to the lagers.
(c) Chiefs of squads or barracks.
(d) German guards with a low rank.

3. Who was Hans Biebow in relation to Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) His trading partner.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His superior officer.
(d) His bunkmate.

4. Which group of people was most prone to try escaping?
(a) Long-term prisoners.
(b) Jews.
(c) Political prisoners.
(d) Newcomers.

5. What language does Levi speak after the war?
(a) Polish.
(b) Lager German.
(c) German.
(d) Yiddish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Levi consider the duty of historians?

2. From which camp did Mala Zimetbaum try to escape?

3. What was the job of the Sonderkommandos?

4. What did Chaim Rumkowski consider himself to be?

5. What does the theory of incommunicability from the 1970s state?

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