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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. Levi's knowledge of the German language was __________ in Auschwitz.
(a) Forgettable.
(b) Useless.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Problematic.

2. What were Kapos?
(a) Translators for the Germans.
(b) German guards with a low rank.
(c) Recent arrivals to the lagers.
(d) Chiefs of squads or barracks.

3. How did Nazi commanders protect the consciousness of people they assign to do dirty work?
(a) They rewarded them with prizes.
(b) They plied them with alcohol.
(c) They promised that they will go to heaven.
(d) They provided psychological counseling.

4. According to Levi, what did survivors feel about their newly re-acquired freedom?
(a) Gratefulness.
(b) Ambivalence.
(c) Discomfort.
(d) Indebted.

5. Which of the following did Levi think is the worst crime of the Nazis?
(a) Shifting guilt to the victims.
(b) Causing people to lose faith.
(c) Killing millions of Jews.
(d) Giving prisoners too little food.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Levi, what lessened the perpetrators' guilt?

2. What was the camp's second language?

3. What happened to corpses?

4. What does Levi think about power?

5. What happens to Alberto?

(see the answer key)

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