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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. After lberation, how did Levi feel about God?
(a) He thought God was unjust.
(b) He did not believe in God.
(c) He was a strong believer in God.
(d) He thought God was merciless.

2. What nationality is Primo Levi?
(a) German.
(b) Polish.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

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

4. According to Levi, why did prisoners not commit suicide?
(a) There were no means by which to do so in the lager.
(b) Their whole existence wa wrapped up in survival.
(c) Religious people think suicide is an affront to God.
(d) The prisoners were hopeful that they would be freed any day.

5. What did Levi use to pay for German lessons?
(a) His soup ration.
(b) His blanket.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His bread ration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Levi think most survivors feel at Liberation?

2. After his return, what did Levi's religious friend think?

3. What were the Sonderkommandos taught?

4. Where did the SS recruit Sonderkommandos?

5. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Primo Levi's theory about judging any people associated with the lagers?

2. Why do survivors simplify the past by using stark good vs. evil distinctions?

3. How does a totalitarian state control its citizens?

4. Why does Levi think prisoners are beyond neuroses?

5. How does Levi shock Germans after the war?

6. Why were political prisoners envied?

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

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

9. How do people react to having limited communication?

10. Explain the concept of "convenient truth."

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