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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Memory of the Offense.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the tide of World War II change?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1944.

2. When did Levi's friend Alberto stop being critical of those who consoled themselves with illusions?
(a) After his liberation from Auschwitz.
(b) After his decision that is a healthier frame of mind.
(c) After Levi persuaded him to change his mind.
(d) After his father was sent to the gas chamber.

3. What is Primo Levi's profession?
(a) Philospher.
(b) Laborer.
(c) Biologist.
(d) Chemist.

4. Which of the following was NOT a common justification that Nazis used when confessing?
(a) Living in an environment of fear.
(b) Being brought up in a racist environment.
(c) Believing in Hitler's ideas.
(d) Following the orders of a superior.

5. According to Levi, why can't the "privileged" be objective?
(a) They befriended the Nazis.
(b) They were unaccostemed to manual labor.
(c) They watched those around them die.
(d) They suffered least.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is Primo Levi?

2. What does Levi think about oppressors?

3. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?

4. Which subset of prisoners does Levi think make the best observers?

5. After the war, what was a major source of reconstructing what happened?

(see the answer key)

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