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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. In Chapter 16, which block was short on brooms?

2. How tall was Elias Lindzin?

3. What was Alfred L.'s occupation?

4. In Chapter 15, what nationalities were selected for the chemical laboratory?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 14, how long had it been raining?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Levi compare the camp to an experiment?

2. Who was selected to work in the laboratory in Chapter 15?

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

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

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

6. Who were the Prominents?

7. Why was it highly unlikely that Levi or his comrades would be able to pass the examination to get into the Chemical Kommando?

8. Why would the Poles keep the knowledge that a selection was imminent to themselves?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 8, Levi believed that the lines between good and evil and just and unjust were blurred. What was the main example that Levi described to prove his point? Why didn't he believe that morals could survive in the camp?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Prisoners had to struggle to get back into the camp routine when they were released from the infirmary. Why did prisoners struggle to return to the routine? Why weren't they ready for the conditions in the camp? What about their conditions made it difficult to go back? Why was returning like be thrown in the dark? What was the worst part of returning?

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