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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Levi's friend Alberto stop being critical of those who consoled themselves with illusions?
(a) After his liberation from Auschwitz.
(b) After Levi persuaded him to change his mind.
(c) After his decision that is a healthier frame of mind.
(d) After his father was sent to the gas chamber.

2. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?
(a) They distrust survivors' memories of events.
(b) They have finished studying World War II.
(c) They only want to learn about first-arrival impressions.
(d) They still have much to learn about camp life.

3. What did Chaim Rumkowski consider himself to be?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) A businessman.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The messiah.

4. 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 generally the wealthiest prisoners.
(c) They gained recognition after the lagers were liberated.
(d) They were lucky enough to live through a horrible situation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Levi speak after the war?

2. Who confronts Levi after liberation?

3. What predominant emotion did survivors feel at Liberation as depicted in literature and in the movies?

4. Why did Germans need collaborators?

5. According to Levi, what happened to prisoners who know no German?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Levi consider to be the extreme case of collaboration?

2. What does Levi consider to be his mission and why?

3. Explain the nature of human memory.

4. How does Levi shock Germans after the war?

5. According to Levi, why do oppressors suppress memories?

6. How do people react to having limited communication?

7. What was the classic militiamen defense that Eichmann and Hoss used?

8. Why did survivors not feel the happiness at liberation that is portrayed in literature and movies?

9. Briefly describe the life of Chaim Rumkowski.

10. Levi often characterizes survivors as being privileged. What does he mean by this?

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