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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. Which of the following was NOT a reason people did not flee beforehand?
(a) They did not believe Hitler's message.
(b) Emigration was expensive.
(c) They were fearful of leaving the fatherland.
(d) Immigration quotas were reduced.

2. Who employed Levi?
(a) Monowitz Incorporated.
(b) A chemistry laboratory.
(c) The Auschwitz SS.
(d) IG Farben Industries.

3. Which of the following was NOT a purpose that the lagers serve for the Nazis?
(a) Extending German control throughout Europe.
(b) Killing inferior races.
(c) Slave labor.
(d) Eliminating political adversaries.

4. During the early part of the 1960s, about how many letters did Levi receive?
(a) 400.
(b) 100.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

5. What does the theory of incommunicability from the 1970s state?
(a) People can and should talk.
(b) Talk is a veil over existential silence.
(c) People's messages are understood.
(d) Talk is an antidote to negative silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Germans need collaborators?

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason survivors feel guilty?

3. According to Levi, when do survivors experience angst?

4. At the beginning of the war, what were the lagers?

5. What does Hety claim about Albert Speer after her interview with him?

(see the answer key)

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