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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Hans Biebow in relation to Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) His bunkmate.
(b) His trading partner.
(c) His superior officer.
(d) His best friend.

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

4. Who does Levi think is in the gray zone for ordering an underling to kill someone?
(a) Hans Biebow.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Muhsfeld.
(d) Chaim Rumkowski.

5. What does Levi think most survivors feel at Liberation?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Unconditional happiness.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Unexplicable anger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Levi consider the vast shame?

3. What does Levi think about power?

4. How does Levi characterize the shame and guilt that survivors feel?

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

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