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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. Which is the best description of Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) He was a benevolent leader and a father.
(b) He ws a prisoner and a good singer.
(c) He was a dictator and an good administrator.
(d) He was a German official and the messiah.

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

3. According to Levi, why can't the "privileged" be objective?
(a) They befriended the Nazis.
(b) They watched those around them die.
(c) They were unaccostemed to manual labor.
(d) They suffered least.

4. According to Levi, who may judge collaborators?
(a) Historians.
(b) Other collaborators.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Those who did not become collaborators.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Levi think about power?

3. Auschwitz was located in which country?

4. Who tells criminals to claim "I don't remember?"

5. The Nazi party was elected to power in which country?

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