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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Useless Violence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After liberation, why did survivors feel diminished as human beings?
(a) They lived at an animal level.
(b) They saw their families die.
(c) They witnessed great horrors.
(d) They were guilty of the charges against them.

2. Which of the following was NOT a common justification that Nazis used when confessing?
(a) Believing in Hitler's ideas.
(b) Following the orders of a superior.
(c) Living in an environment of fear.
(d) Being brought up in a racist environment.

3. According to Levi, what happened to prisoners who know no German?
(a) They were kept unaware of the horrors around them.
(b) They had an especially hard time in the lager.
(c) They escaped into a world of silence.
(d) They had translators who helped them.

4. Why does Levi feel he is able to write on behalf of survivors?
(a) He was given their consent.
(b) He is good at psychoanalysis.
(c) He saw death close up.
(d) He has overall perspective.

5. Who tells criminals to claim "I don't remember?"
(a) Victims' families.
(b) Hitler.
(c) They claim it on their own.
(d) Defense lawyers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a reason survivors feel guilty?

2. Which characterized the German spoken in the Lager?

3. What does Levi think about oppressors?

4. According to Levi, what happens when a story is often retold?

5. Which of the following did Levi think is the worst crime of the Nazis?

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