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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 function did ghettos serve?
(a) They gave Jews a safe place to live.
(b) They assisted people in learning new languages.
(c) They kept offensive books away from people.
(d) They cut off communication between people.

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

3. According to Levi, who is trapped by memories?
(a) Survivors and oppressors.
(b) Only survivors.
(c) High level Nazi officials.
(d) Only oppressors.

4. What were Kapos?
(a) Recent arrivals to the lagers.
(b) German guards with a low rank.
(c) Chiefs of squads or barracks.
(d) Translators for the Germans.

5. Which of the following is NOT something that survivors have a particularly hard time listening to people complain about?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Heat.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. After liberation, why did survivors feel diminished as human beings?

2. What predominant emotion did survivors feel at Liberation as depicted in literature and in the movies?

3. Where did the SS recruit Sonderkommandos?

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

5. According to Levi, why did prisoners not commit suicide?

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