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

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

3. Why does Levi consider most survivors to be of the "privileged" class?
(a) They were lucky enough to live through a horrible situation.
(b) They gained recognition after the lagers were liberated.
(c) They generally received more food than the people who died.
(d) They were generally the wealthiest prisoners.

4. What did Louis Darquier de Pellepoix do after he was caught?
(a) He blamed Eichmann and Hoss for his crimes.
(b) He blamed the authoritative nature of the Nazi party.
(c) He admitted all of the crimes that he committed during the war.
(d) He denied his part in deportations and gas chambers.

5. According to Levi, which statement best describes the Lagers?
(a) The lagers were a unique experience central to World War II.
(b) The lagers were something that has occured in many wars.
(c) The lagers were the most horrible atrocity from any war ever.
(d) The lagers were an inventive way for Germany to produce war time supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. When people first heard of Nazi death camps, what was the reaction?

2. In what year did the tide of World War II change?

3. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?

4. What happens to Alberto?

5. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?

(see the answer key)

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