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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. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?
(a) In the first months of the war.
(b) In the middle of the war.
(c) Near the end of the war.
(d) Before Germany invaded Italy.
2. 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.
3. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?
(a) They distrust survivors' memories of events.
(b) They only want to learn about first-arrival impressions.
(c) They have finished studying World War II.
(d) They still have much to learn about camp life.
4. Which of the following was NOT a common justification that Nazis used when confessing?
(a) Being brought up in a racist environment.
(b) Believing in Hitler's ideas.
(c) Living in an environment of fear.
(d) Following the orders of a superior.
5. In what year did the tide of World War II change?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1944.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Nazi commanders protect the consciousness of people they assign to do dirty work?
2. At what point did Hitler begin denying the truth?
3. Which subset of prisoners does Levi think make the best observers?
4. What nationality is Primo Levi?
5. What was Hitler at the time of his death?
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