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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. T.H. of Hamburg claims what?

2. Who was best able to learn the lager's first lesson?

3. Which is something that prisoners did receive provisions for?

4. What happened to Germans who were found helping Jews escape?

5. During the war, what was used as mattress ticking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Levi learn through the study of chemistry?

2. List some examples of the violence that stems from World War II.

3. Why does Levi want Survival in Auschwitz to be published in German?

4. Which types of professionals were allowed to practice their trade in the lagers?

5. What happened in the roll call when a prisoner was missing?

6. Who were counted at roll calls?

7. Describe the overall feeling of the majority of letters Levi receives.

8. What is Levi's explanation for why Jews did not try to escape?

9. Describe the relationship between Amery and Levi after liberation.

10. Why were prisoners ordered to take their valuables with them on their journey to the lager?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Levi states that victims and oppressors are both tormented by memories.

Part 1: Explain the kinds of memories that the victims might have and why these memories are difficult, even forty years after the fact.

Part 2: Explain why and how oppressors tend to hide from memories of their past actions.

Essay Topic 2

Why are survivors' stories an important part of understanding the Holocaust and World War II. Why might survivors' stories not tell us the complete picture?

Essay Topic 3

Many survivors, Levi included, tell their stories so that the world can learn from their experience. We know that genocide has happened since World War II in different parts of the world. Analyze the extent to which you think hearing survivors' stories helps prevent another atrocity.

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