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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Stereotypes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the theory of incommunicability from the 1970s state?
(a) People can and should talk.
(b) Talk is an antidote to negative silence.
(c) Talk is a veil over existential silence.
(d) People's messages are understood.

2. According to Levi, what happened to prisoners who know no German?
(a) They escaped into a world of silence.
(b) They were kept unaware of the horrors around them.
(c) They had translators who helped them.
(d) They had an especially hard time in the lager.

3. Which of the following was NOT a purpose that the lagers serve for the Nazis?
(a) Killing inferior races.
(b) Eliminating political adversaries.
(c) Extending German control throughout Europe.
(d) Slave labor.

4. After his return, what did Levi's religious friend think?
(a) Levi's survival was an act of God.
(b) Levi should leave Europe.
(c) Levi's survival was due to luck.
(d) Levi survived because of his selfishness.

5. What function did ghettos serve?
(a) They assisted people in learning new languages.
(b) They cut off communication between people.
(c) They gave Jews a safe place to live.
(d) They kept offensive books away from people.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Levi, who may judge collaborators?

2. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?

3. Auschwitz was located in which country?

4. The violence the Nazis inflicted did all of the following except:

5. What happens to Alberto?

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