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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Communicating.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the camp's second language?
(a) Italian.
(b) Polish.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) German.

2. According to Levi, what did survivors feel about their newly re-acquired freedom?
(a) Indebted.
(b) Ambivalence.
(c) Discomfort.
(d) Gratefulness.

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

4. What does the theory of incommunicability from the 1970s state?
(a) Talk is a veil over existential silence.
(b) Talk is an antidote to negative silence.
(c) People can and should talk.
(d) People's messages are understood.

5. What was Hitler at the time of his death?
(a) A deluded gambler.
(b) A frustrated civilian.
(c) A fearless leader.
(d) A war hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Levi, what can cause victims' memories to drift?

2. From where did Monowitz receive new prisoners?

3. What does Levi think it is his mission to do?

4. Why does Levi feel the Germans suffered "willed ignorance" about the camps?

5. What nationality is Primo Levi?

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