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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 did Chaim Rumkowski consider himself to be?
(a) The doctor.
(b) A businessman.
(c) A rabbi.
(d) The messiah.

2. According to Levi, who is trapped by memories?
(a) Only survivors.
(b) Survivors and oppressors.
(c) High level Nazi officials.
(d) Only oppressors.

3. Levi discussed the issue of memory through the character of Count Ugolino by which author?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Weisel.
(c) Dante.
(d) Frued.

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

5. What happens to Alberto?
(a) He was sent to a different camp.
(b) He disappeared.
(c) He escaped.
(d) He was liberated.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the job of the Sonderkommandos?

3. Why should survivors' stories be read critically?

4. What is Primo Levi's profession?

5. What did Louis Darquier de Pellepoix do after he was caught?

(see the answer key)

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