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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Levi feel he is able to write on behalf of survivors?
(a) He saw death close up.
(b) He has overall perspective.
(c) He is good at psychoanalysis.
(d) He was given their consent.

2. What did Louis Darquier de Pellepoix do after he was caught?
(a) He blamed the authoritative nature of the Nazi party.
(b) He blamed Eichmann and Hoss for his crimes.
(c) He denied his part in deportations and gas chambers.
(d) He admitted all of the crimes that he committed during the war.

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

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

5. When Levi's squad was clearing rubble, what did he find?
(a) New shoes.
(b) Fresh water.
(c) A heel of bread.
(d) A gold bracelet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Levi think about power?

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

4. What is Primo Levi's profession?

5. Auschwitz was located in which country?

(see the answer key)

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