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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Monowitz was part of which camp?
(a) Bergen-Belsen.
(b) Buchenwald.
(c) Treblinka.
(d) Auschwitz.

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

3. What is Primo Levi's profession?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Chemist.
(c) Philospher.
(d) Biologist.

4. According to Levi, what happened to prisoners who know no German?
(a) They had an especially hard time in the lager.
(b) They were kept unaware of the horrors around them.
(c) They had translators who helped them.
(d) They escaped into a world of silence.

5. What does Levi think about power?
(a) That it is necessary.
(b) That it corrupts people.
(c) That it is intoxicating.
(d) That it is evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is Primo Levi?

2. Levi's knowledge of the German language was __________ in Auschwitz.

3. What does Levi consider the vast shame?

4. Who was Chaim Rumkowski?

5. What does Levi believe about judging the Sonderkommandos?

(see the answer key)

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