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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Alberto?
(a) He escaped.
(b) He disappeared.
(c) He was liberated.
(d) He was sent to a different camp.

2. Which is the best description of Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) He ws a prisoner and a good singer.
(b) He was a German official and the messiah.
(c) He was a benevolent leader and a father.
(d) He was a dictator and an good administrator.

3. Why does Levi feel the Germans suffered "willed ignorance" about the camps?
(a) They were happy to be getting supplies during war time.
(b) Slave labor was an entrenched part of German society.
(c) The prisoners in the camps were all hardened criminals.
(d) They knew that liberation would be coming soon.

4. At what point did Hitler begin denying the truth?
(a) During liberation of the lagers.
(b) After the invasion of Poland.
(c) After the invasion of France.
(d) After Stalingrad.

5. The Third Reich did all of the following to stay in power except:
(a) Provided transparency.
(b) Created a climate of fear.
(c) Controlled information.
(d) Used propoganda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which subset of prisoners does Levi think make the best observers?

2. What did Chaim Rumkowski consider himself to be?

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

4. What was the job of the Sonderkommandos?

5. What is Primo Levi's profession?

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