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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. What must align at roll calls?
(a) The uniforms of the prisoners.
(b) The lines the prisoners stand in.
(c) The number of officers.
(d) The tally of people.

2. According to Levi, when do survivors experience angst?
(a) When they hear other Germans' stories.
(b) When they tell their stories to their families.
(c) When they communicate too much.
(d) When they refuse to communicate.

3. According to Levi, what can cause victims' memories to drift?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Fear.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Shame.

4. What was the place of the Sonderkommandos within the Lager?
(a) They only ate with other prisoners.
(b) They were kept segregated.
(c) They moved about freely.
(d) They shared barracks with other prisoners.

5. What does Amery write about?
(a) His work in the resistance movement.
(b) The pros and cons of being an intellectual in Auschwitz.
(c) His friendship with Primo Levi in Auschwitz.
(d) Why the Nazi officials deserve to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Kapos?

2. What is Primo Levi's profession?

3. Why does H.L. detest herself?

4. What does survival depend upon?

5. Auschwitz was located in which country?

(see the answer key)

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