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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT a reason people did not flee beforehand?
(a) They were fearful of leaving the fatherland.
(b) Immigration quotas were reduced.
(c) They did not believe Hitler's message.
(d) Emigration was expensive.

2. Where was Hans Mayer born?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Lodz.
(d) Warsaw.

3. What is the core of what lager survivors have to say?
(a) It will happen again.
(b) Violence is useless.
(c) Survival is difficult.
(d) It can happen again.

4. According to Levi, which of these factors did NOT play a role in the Nazi violence?
(a) Lust for power.
(b) Intolerance.
(c) Political fanaticism.
(d) Defense of principle.

5. What saved Levi from the gas chambers?
(a) A case of mistaken identity.
(b) His training as a chemist.
(c) His strength as a laborer.
(d) A compassionate SS guard.

6. What do Amery and Levi agree about cultivated people?
(a) They had an easier time learning German.
(b) They adjusted to life in the lager more quickly.
(c) They had a harder time at manual labor.
(d) They made friends with other prisoners more easily.

7. Why does H.L. detest herself?
(a) She loves her mother despite her actions.
(b) She sees the German type in her personality.
(c) She loves her country.
(d) She does not feel shame for her peoples' actions.

8. Hitler demonstrated that a war fought in the industrial era can be damaging even without _____________.
(a) Nuclear weapons.
(b) A strong alliance.
(c) World wide support.
(d) A dedicated army.

9. During the early part of the 1960s, about how many letters did Levi receive?
(a) 10.
(b) 40.
(c) 400.
(d) 100.

10. What happened to Germans who were found helping Jews escape?
(a) They suffered at the hands of the Gestapo.
(b) They risked being sent to the lagers.
(c) They were unable to get jobs.
(d) They were considered prisoners of war.

11. Who was particularly offended by being tattooed?
(a) Non-believers.
(b) Italian Jews.
(c) Devout Christians.
(d) Orthodox Jews.

12. Who became Jean Amery?
(a) Hans Biebow
(b) Hans Mayer.
(c) Elias.
(d) Alberto.

13. With whom does Hety S. put Levi in touch?
(a) Albert Speer.
(b) Chaim Rumkowski.
(c) Jean Amery.
(d) Alberto.

14. How many times did Levi fight back against a fellow prisoner?
(a) Three times.
(b) Numerous times.
(c) Once.
(d) Twice.

15. Who employed Levi?
(a) The Auschwitz SS.
(b) IG Farben Industries.
(c) A chemistry laboratory.
(d) Monowitz Incorporated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What daily ritual was emblematic of life in the lager?

2. The student from Bavaria, H.L., first writes to Levi in what year?

3. When was Levi tempted to pray?

4. How did most Germans feel after Hitler is defeated in the war?

5. At the end of the book, to what does Levi chalk up the period of Nazi rule?

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