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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. What does Levi contend about survivors' memories?
(a) They should not be believed.
(b) They blur over time.
(c) They lead to nightmares.
(d) They need to be documented.

2. According to Levi, why can't the "privileged" be objective?
(a) They befriended the Nazis.
(b) They were unaccostemed to manual labor.
(c) They watched those around them die.
(d) They suffered least.

3. The Nazi party was elected to power in which country?
(a) Italy.
(b) Poland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Germany.

4. Where did the SS recruit Sonderkommandos?
(a) At the train arrival station.
(b) In the infirmary.
(c) In the ghettos.
(d) At the work sites.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the job of the Sonderkommandos?

2. How did Germans often coerce prisoners into being collaborators?

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

4. According to Levi, what can cause victims' memories to drift?

5. Who does Levi think is in the gray zone for ordering an underling to kill someone?

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