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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Gray Zone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?
(a) A death camp.
(b) A concentration camp.
(c) A medical research camp.
(d) A work camp.

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

3. Auschwitz was located in which country?
(a) Occupied France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Occupied Poland.
(d) Germany.

4. What does Levi think about power?
(a) That it is necessary.
(b) That it is evil.
(c) That it is intoxicating.
(d) That it corrupts people.

5. What was Hitler at the time of his death?
(a) A fearless leader.
(b) A frustrated civilian.
(c) A deluded gambler.
(d) A war hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. When people first heard of Nazi death camps, what was the reaction?

2. Why does Levi consider most survivors to be of the "privileged" class?

3. How did Germans often coerce prisoners into being collaborators?

4. When did Levi's friend Alberto stop being critical of those who consoled themselves with illusions?

5. After the war, what was a major source of reconstructing what happened?

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