The Drowned and the Saved Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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The Drowned and the Saved Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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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 people first heard of Nazi death camps, what was the reaction?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Incredulity.
(c) Anguish.
(d) Pride.

2. According to Levi, who is trapped by memories?
(a) Only survivors.
(b) Survivors and oppressors.
(c) High level Nazi officials.
(d) Only oppressors.

3. What was the job of the Sonderkommandos?
(a) To give out the food rations.
(b) To run the gas chambers and the ovens.
(c) To assign jobs to the new arrivals.
(d) To clean the barracks.

4. How did Nazi commanders protect the consciousness of people they assign to do dirty work?
(a) They promised that they will go to heaven.
(b) They plied them with alcohol.
(c) They rewarded them with prizes.
(d) They provided psychological counseling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Levi, what creates a "convenient reality?"

2. After the war, what was a major source of reconstructing what happened?

3. What did Chaim Rumkowski consider himself to be?

4. What were the Sonderkommandos taught?

5. According to Levi, which statement best describes the Lagers?

(see the answer key)

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