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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. Where did the SS recruit Sonderkommandos?
(a) In the infirmary.
(b) At the work sites.
(c) In the ghettos.
(d) At the train arrival station.

2. What were Kapos?
(a) German guards with a low rank.
(b) Translators for the Germans.
(c) Recent arrivals to the lagers.
(d) Chiefs of squads or barracks.

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

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

5. What nationality is Primo Levi?
(a) Polish.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Levi believe about judging the Sonderkommandos?

3. What were the Sonderkommandos taught?

4. How did Nazi commanders protect the consciousness of people they assign to do dirty work?

5. What is Primo Levi's profession?

(see the answer key)

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