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

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

3. The Nazi party was elected to power in which country?
(a) Italy.
(b) Poland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Germany.

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

5. When people first heard of Nazi death camps, what was the reaction?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Pride.
(c) Incredulity.
(d) Anguish.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Levi, what can cause victims' memories to drift?

2. The Third Reich did all of the following to stay in power except:

3. Why should survivors' stories be read critically?

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

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

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