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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Gray Zone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Levi think about power?
(a) That it is evil.
(b) That it is intoxicating.
(c) That it is necessary.
(d) That it corrupts people.

2. 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.

3. What was the job of the Sonderkommandos?
(a) To run the gas chambers and the ovens.
(b) To clean the barracks.
(c) To assign jobs to the new arrivals.
(d) To give out the food rations.

4. How did Nazi commanders protect the consciousness of people they assign to do dirty work?
(a) They plied them with alcohol.
(b) They promised that they will go to heaven.
(c) They rewarded them with prizes.
(d) They provided psychological counseling.

5. Who does Levi think is in the gray zone for ordering an underling to kill someone?
(a) Hans Biebow.
(b) Muhsfeld.
(c) Chaim Rumkowski.
(d) Hitler.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point did Hitler begin denying the truth?

2. With which statement about Eichmann and Hoss would Levi agree?

3. What does Levi contend about survivors' memories?

4. According to Levi, what creates a "convenient reality?"

5. Why did Germans need collaborators?

(see the answer key)

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