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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Useless Violence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Levi's Kapo disappear?
(a) He escaped the camp.
(b) A prisoner assigned him to another barracks.
(c) A prisoner switched his number on a list.
(d) He collaborated with the Nazis.

2. What does Levi think about oppressors?
(a) They rework the past to make themselves feel less guilty.
(b) They tend to blame the victims for their bad actions.
(c) They lie blatantly about their criminal actions.
(d) They feel better once they confess to their crimes.

3. What was the camp's second language?
(a) Italian.
(b) Polish.
(c) German.
(d) Yiddish.

4. Why were the tattoos gratuitous?
(a) The tattoos could not be seen under clothing.
(b) The prisoners had memorized their numbers.
(c) The prisoners had no names.
(d) The uniforms bore prisoners' numbers.

5. What happens to Alberto?
(a) He was liberated.
(b) He disappeared.
(c) He was sent to a different camp.
(d) He escaped.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT a common justification that Nazis used when confessing?

2. According to Levi, what lessened the perpetrators' guilt?

3. During the war, what was used as mattress ticking?

4. What does Levi call the daily rituals of the lager?

5. What does Levi believe about judging the Sonderkommandos?

(see the answer key)

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