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

2. Where did the SS recruit Sonderkommandos?
(a) In the infirmary.
(b) At the train arrival station.
(c) At the work sites.
(d) In the ghettos.

3. What did Chaim Rumkowski consider himself to be?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) The doctor.
(c) The messiah.
(d) A businessman.

4. What does Levi believe about judging the Sonderkommandos?
(a) He feels they should be judged leniently.
(b) He feels judgment must be handed down by the courts.
(c) He feels judgment must be suspended.
(d) He feels they should be judged harshly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Alberto?

2. What does Levi contend about survivors' memories?

3. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?

4. Which is the best description of Chaim Rumkowski?

5. After the war, what was a major source of reconstructing what happened?

(see the answer key)

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