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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. What does Levi think about oppressors?
(a) They rework the past to make themselves feel less guilty.
(b) They lie blatantly about their criminal actions.
(c) They tend to blame the victims for their bad actions.
(d) They feel better once they confess to their crimes.

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

3. What happens to Alberto?
(a) He was sent to a different camp.
(b) He disappeared.
(c) He was liberated.
(d) He escaped.

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

5. What does Levi contend about survivors' memories?
(a) They need to be documented.
(b) They lead to nightmares.
(c) They should not be believed.
(d) They blur over time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Louis Darquier de Pellepoix do after he was caught?

2. The Third Reich did all of the following to stay in power except:

3. What nationality is Primo Levi?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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