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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) In the middle of the war.
(c) Near the end of the war.
(d) In the first months of the war.

2. Why does Levi feel the Germans suffered "willed ignorance" about the camps?
(a) Slave labor was an entrenched part of German society.
(b) They knew that liberation would be coming soon.
(c) The prisoners in the camps were all hardened criminals.
(d) They were happy to be getting supplies during war time.

3. Auschwitz was located in which country?
(a) Occupied Poland.
(b) Occupied France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

4. After the war, what was a major source of reconstructing what happened?
(a) The stories of liberating soldiers.
(b) The evidence of Nazi officials.
(c) The ruins of labor camps.
(d) The stories of survivors.

5. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?
(a) A work camp.
(b) A concentration camp.
(c) A medical research camp.
(d) A death camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Levi contend about survivors' memories?

2. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?

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

4. What happens to Alberto?

5. When did Levi's friend Alberto stop being critical of those who consoled themselves with illusions?

(see the answer key)

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