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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Shame.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Levi characterize the shame and guilt that survivors feel?
(a) Serious and debilitating.
(b) Imaginary but heavy.
(c) Funny and sympathetic.
(d) Absurd but real.

2. According to Levi, what can cause victims' memories to drift?
(a) Fraud.
(b) Shame.
(c) Fear.
(d) Guilt.

3. How did Nazi commanders protect the consciousness of people they assign to do dirty work?
(a) They promised that they will go to heaven.
(b) They provided psychological counseling.
(c) They rewarded them with prizes.
(d) They plied them with alcohol.

4. What did Levi choose to do with the object he finds?
(a) Keep it for himself.
(b) Hide it again.
(c) Share with Alberto.
(d) Share with the whole squad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Levi, what did survivors feel about their newly re-acquired freedom?

2. What was Hitler at the time of his death?

3. In what year did the tide of World War II change?

4. Why did Levi's Kapo disappear?

5. Who does Levi think is in the gray zone for ordering an underling to kill someone?

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