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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Gray Zone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?
(a) In the middle of the war.
(b) Near the end of the war.
(c) In the first months of the war.
(d) Before Germany invaded Italy.

2. Who tells criminals to claim "I don't remember?"
(a) Defense lawyers.
(b) Hitler.
(c) They claim it on their own.
(d) Victims' families.

3. In what year did the tide of World War II change?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1944.

4. Why does Levi feel the Germans suffered "willed ignorance" about the camps?
(a) The prisoners in the camps were all hardened criminals.
(b) They were happy to be getting supplies during war time.
(c) They knew that liberation would be coming soon.
(d) Slave labor was an entrenched part of German society.

5. What do victims tend to do when they remember?
(a) Focus on the worst situations.
(b) Skim over painful episodes.
(c) Remember every detail exactly as it happened.
(d) Assign blame to themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the other prisoners think about the Sonderkommandos?

2. Who was Hans Biebow in relation to Chaim Rumkowski?

3. What does Levi contend about survivors' memories?

4. Which of the following did Levi think is the worst crime of the Nazis?

5. Which subset of prisoners does Levi think make the best observers?

(see the answer key)

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