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

2. After the war, what was a major source of reconstructing what happened?
(a) The evidence of Nazi officials.
(b) The stories of survivors.
(c) The ruins of labor camps.
(d) The stories of liberating soldiers.

3. What was Hitler at the time of his death?
(a) A frustrated civilian.
(b) A deluded gambler.
(c) A fearless leader.
(d) A war hero.

4. How did most prisoners arrive at Auschwitz?
(a) By train.
(b) By bus.
(c) By car.
(d) On foot.

5. What did Louis Darquier de Pellepoix do after he was caught?
(a) He denied his part in deportations and gas chambers.
(b) He blamed the authoritative nature of the Nazi party.
(c) He admitted all of the crimes that he committed during the war.
(d) He blamed Eichmann and Hoss for his crimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Third Reich did all of the following to stay in power except:

2. At what point did Hitler begin denying the truth?

3. Who tells criminals to claim "I don't remember?"

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

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

(see the answer key)

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