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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 old was Alred L.?

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

3. How large was the Quartermaster's office?

4. What did Levi and Alberto want to do for Lorenzo to thank him for his kindness?

5. In Chapter 15, how many prisoners arrived in the Lager from the Lodz ghetto?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was the head of the Chemical Kommando?

3. What was a Pikolo?

4. In Chapter 12, what news did the prisoners hear and how did it make them feel?

5. In Chapter 13, what did the coming of winter mean?

6. At the beginning of Chapter 15, how many remain from Levi's convoy?

7. Why did Levi live through the great selection of October 1944 with tranquility?

8. How did Levi smuggle a broom into the Lager?

9. What was a "mussulman"?

10. Who were the Prominents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 3, Levi felt as though he was participating in an initiation as he learned the ways of the camp. In what way was Levi's introduction to the camp an initiation? Why was the process so difficult? Did what Levi went through help him acclimate to the camp?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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