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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. From where did Monowitz receive new prisoners?
(a) France.
(b) The United States.
(c) Across Europe.
(d) Russia.

2. What were the Sonderkommandos taught?
(a) To believe the German propaganda.
(b) That fellow Jews are subhuman.
(c) That they are privileged.
(d) To treat fellow Jews with respect.

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

4. Why did Levi's Kapo disappear?
(a) He collaborated with the Nazis.
(b) He escaped the camp.
(c) A prisoner switched his number on a list.
(d) A prisoner assigned him to another barracks.

5. What happened to Levi's tattoo after the war?
(a) He had color added so it looked pretty.
(b) He had it removed.
(c) He kept it.
(d) He got another tattoo on top of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Levi think about oppressors?

2. Who tells criminals to claim "I don't remember?"

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

4. According to Levi, when do survivors experience angst?

5. What does survival depend upon?

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