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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 subset of prisoners does Levi think make the best observers?
(a) Political prisoners.
(b) Italian Jews.
(c) Kapos.
(d) Intellectuals.

2. What is Primo Levi's profession?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Chemist.
(c) Biologist.
(d) Philospher.

3. Who was Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) President of the Lodz Ghetto.
(b) A German officer.
(c) A sonderkommando.
(d) President of the Warsaw Ghetto.

4. According to Levi, which statement best describes the Lagers?
(a) The lagers were the most horrible atrocity from any war ever.
(b) The lagers were a unique experience central to World War II.
(c) The lagers were an inventive way for Germany to produce war time supplies.
(d) The lagers were something that has occured in many wars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the job of the Sonderkommandos?

2. Who was Hans Biebow in relation to Chaim Rumkowski?

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

4. Why did Germans need collaborators?

5. Levi discussed the issue of memory through the character of Count Ugolino by which author?

(see the answer key)

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