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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Letters from Germans.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which characterizes the relationship between Amery and Levi after Liberation?
(a) They both flee to Belgium.
(b) They visit each other often.
(c) They never see each other.
(d) They travel to Italy together.

3. According to Levi, what happens when a story is often retold?
(a) It can be adorned.
(b) It is a universal truth.
(c) It will become boring.
(d) It becomes set in stone.

4. Why were the tattoos gratuitous?
(a) The prisoners had memorized their numbers.
(b) The uniforms bore prisoners' numbers.
(c) The prisoners had no names.
(d) The tattoos could not be seen under clothing.

5. Who was particularly offended by being tattooed?
(a) Devout Christians.
(b) Italian Jews.
(c) Non-believers.
(d) Orthodox Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Amery and Levi agree about cultivated people?

2. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?

3. Who was Hans Biebow in relation to Chaim Rumkowski?

4. Who tells criminals to claim "I don't remember?"

5. What do victims tend to do when they remember?

(see the answer key)

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