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

2. Who tells criminals to claim "I don't remember?"
(a) Defense lawyers.
(b) Victims' families.
(c) They claim it on their own.
(d) Hitler.

3. Levi discussed the issue of memory through the character of Count Ugolino by which author?
(a) Frued.
(b) Dante.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Weisel.

4. What nationality is Primo Levi?
(a) German.
(b) Polish.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

5. How did most prisoners arrive at Auschwitz?
(a) By train.
(b) By bus.
(c) On foot.
(d) By car.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Primo Levi's profession?

3. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?

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

5. Auschwitz was located in which country?

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