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

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

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

4. What was Hitler at the time of his death?
(a) A deluded gambler.
(b) A war hero.
(c) A fearless leader.
(d) A frustrated civilian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Germans often coerce prisoners into being collaborators?

2. Which of the following was NOT a common justification that Nazis used when confessing?

3. Who orated in the style of Hitler?

4. Why does Levi feel the Germans suffered "willed ignorance" about the camps?

5. According to Levi, why can't the "privileged" be objective?

(see the answer key)

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