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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Auschwitz was located in which country?
(a) Occupied Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Occupied France.
(d) Italy.

2. According to Levi, when do survivors experience angst?
(a) When they tell their stories to their families.
(b) When they hear other Germans' stories.
(c) When they communicate too much.
(d) When they refuse to communicate.

3. What was the place of the Sonderkommandos within the Lager?
(a) They shared barracks with other prisoners.
(b) They moved about freely.
(c) They were kept segregated.
(d) They only ate with other prisoners.

4. Which subset of prisoners does Levi think make the best observers?
(a) Italian Jews.
(b) Political prisoners.
(c) Kapos.
(d) Intellectuals.

5. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?
(a) A concentration camp.
(b) A death camp.
(c) A medical research camp.
(d) A work camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Levi use to pay for German lessons?

2. Which of the following is NOT something that survivors have a particularly hard time listening to people complain about?

3. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?

4. Why does Levi consider most survivors to be of the "privileged" class?

5. How did Germans often coerce prisoners into being collaborators?

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