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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Memory of the Offense.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With which statement about Eichmann and Hoss would Levi agree?
(a) They had no choice in becoming Nazi officials.
(b) They should not have been punished for their actions.
(c) They joined the Nazi party opportunistically.
(d) They suffered from memories of what they did during the war.

3. What is Primo Levi's profession?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Chemist.
(c) Biologist.
(d) Philospher.

4. Why does Levi consider most survivors to be of the "privileged" class?
(a) They generally received more food than the people who died.
(b) They were lucky enough to live through a horrible situation.
(c) They gained recognition after the lagers were liberated.
(d) They were generally the wealthiest prisoners.

5. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?
(a) They have finished studying World War II.
(b) They still have much to learn about camp life.
(c) They only want to learn about first-arrival impressions.
(d) They distrust survivors' memories of events.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?

2. When did Levi's friend Alberto stop being critical of those who consoled themselves with illusions?

3. How did most prisoners arrive at Auschwitz?

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

5. In what year did the tide of World War II change?

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