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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 does Levi believe about judging the Sonderkommandos?
(a) He feels they should be judged leniently.
(b) He feels judgment must be handed down by the courts.
(c) He feels judgment must be suspended.
(d) He feels they should be judged harshly.

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

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

4. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?
(a) A concentration camp.
(b) A death camp.
(c) A work camp.
(d) A medical research camp.

5. According to Levi, what creates a "convenient reality?"
(a) Telling outright lies about one's behavior.
(b) Merging one's story with the stories of other survivors.
(c) Focusing on only the positive memories.
(d) Substituting less painful memories for horrific acts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Alberto?

2. Levi discussed the issue of memory through the character of Count Ugolino by which author?

3. According to Levi, what happens when a story is often retold?

4. Which of the following was NOT a common justification that Nazis used when confessing?

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

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