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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. How did Germans often coerce prisoners into being collaborators?
(a) By appealing to their love of power.
(b) By giving them more soup.
(c) By ordering them at gunpoint.
(d) By giving them new shoes.

2. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?
(a) Near the end of the war.
(b) In the first months of the war.
(c) In the middle of the war.
(d) Before Germany invaded Italy.

3. What does Levi think about oppressors?
(a) They lie blatantly about their criminal actions.
(b) They tend to blame the victims for their bad actions.
(c) They rework the past to make themselves feel less guilty.
(d) They feel better once they confess to their crimes.

4. What does Levi contend about survivors' memories?
(a) They need to be documented.
(b) They lead to nightmares.
(c) They blur over time.
(d) They should not be believed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Levi feel the Germans suffered "willed ignorance" about the camps?

2. Who orated in the style of Hitler?

3. With which statement about Eichmann and Hoss would Levi agree?

4. According to Levi, why can't the "privileged" be objective?

5. Which of the following did Levi think is the worst crime of the Nazis?

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