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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. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?
(a) Before Germany invaded Italy.
(b) Near the end of the war.
(c) In the middle of the war.
(d) In the first months of the war.

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

3. When people first heard of Nazi death camps, what was the reaction?
(a) Pride.
(b) Anguish.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Incredulity.

4. Which of the following was NOT a common justification that Nazis used when confessing?
(a) Following the orders of a superior.
(b) Living in an environment of fear.
(c) Being brought up in a racist environment.
(d) Believing in Hitler's ideas.

5. What did the other prisoners think about the Sonderkommandos?
(a) They deplored them for working for the oppressors.
(b) They wondered what it must be like to be debased.
(c) They admired their strength of character.
(d) They thought they were courageous for doing the dirty work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Alberto?

2. How did Nazi commanders protect the consciousness of people they assign to do dirty work?

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

4. Why does Levi consider most survivors to be of the "privileged" class?

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

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