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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 the job of the Sonderkommandos?
(a) To clean the barracks.
(b) To run the gas chambers and the ovens.
(c) To give out the food rations.
(d) To assign jobs to the new arrivals.

2. What did the other prisoners think about the Sonderkommandos?
(a) They deplored them for working for the oppressors.
(b) They admired their strength of character.
(c) They wondered what it must be like to be debased.
(d) They thought they were courageous for doing the dirty work.

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

4. According to Levi, what can cause victims' memories to drift?
(a) Fear.
(b) Shame.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Guilt.

5. Why does Levi consider most survivors to be of the "privileged" class?
(a) They were lucky enough to live through a horrible situation.
(b) They were generally the wealthiest prisoners.
(c) They generally received more food than the people who died.
(d) They gained recognition after the lagers were liberated.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?

2. What does Levi believe about judging the Sonderkommandos?

3. Which subset of prisoners does Levi think make the best observers?

4. What is Primo Levi's profession?

5. Auschwitz was located in which country?

(see the answer key)

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