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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. How many bunks were in the room in the infirmary where Levi was sent in Chapter 17?

2. In Chapter 17, how long had the French provincials in the Ka-Be with Levi been in the camp?

3. How old were those who served as Pikolo usually?

4. For how many months did an Italian civilian worker bring Levi a piece of bread and the remainder of his ration every day?

5. How much did the pot with the ration weigh in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the head of the Chemical Kommando?

2. Why was a man hung in Chapter 15?

3. Who were most of the non-Jewish Prominents?

4. In Chapter 16, why did Alberto and Levi need a zinc-pot, and where did they get one from?

5. What did Jean and Levi discuss on the way to get the ration in Chapter 11?

6. Who was Schepschel?

7. What was a "mussulman"?

8. Where would the prisoners go when the bombardments rained down on the camp?

9. Why was it better to be beaten than to work to exhaustion?

10. In Chapter 12, when and from where did convoys begin to arrive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 4, Levi described a man called Null Achtzehn. What that the man's real name? Did anyone, including the man, know his name? How old was Null? Why was being young a danger? Why were the young at more risk than adults? In what ways was Null indifferent? In what way was he different from a draught horse? Why would no one work with him? What happened to Levi that showed the dangers of working with Null?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 11, Levi discussed the Canto of Ulysses with Jean. What was the Canto of Ulysses? How did it relate to Levi's situation? Why did Levi feel so strongly about sharing his thoughts about the Canto with Jean?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 14, the prisoners often found something good in even the very bad. If it was rainy, what might the prisoners be glad about? How did infinitesimal things keep prisoners from despair? If it really got bad, what did they always feel that they could resort to? Were the prisoners more optimists or pessimists?

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