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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. According to Levi, when do survivors experience angst?
(a) When they hear other Germans' stories.
(b) When they communicate too much.
(c) When they tell their stories to their families.
(d) When they refuse to communicate.

2. The violence the Nazis inflicted did all of the following except:
(a) Create an atmosphere of terror.
(b) Give some people power.
(c) Cause suffering.
(d) Serve a goal.

3. What does Levi think most survivors feel at Liberation?
(a) Unconditional happiness.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Unexplicable anger.

4. After his return, what did Levi's religious friend think?
(a) Levi's survival was due to luck.
(b) Levi survived because of his selfishness.
(c) Levi should leave Europe.
(d) Levi's survival was an act of God.

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason survivors feel guilty?
(a) They should have tried harder to escape into the forest.
(b) They failed to help others.
(c) They did not do enough to oppose the system.
(d) They failed to resist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Levi's knowledge of the German language was __________ in Auschwitz.

2. What was the job of the Sonderkommandos?

3. After lberation, how did Levi feel about God?

4. According to Levi, who is trapped by memories?

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

(see the answer key)

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