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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Intellectual in Auschwitz.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who employed Levi?
(a) A chemistry laboratory.
(b) The Auschwitz SS.
(c) IG Farben Industries.
(d) Monowitz Incorporated.

3. What did Levi choose to do with the object he finds?
(a) Hide it again.
(b) Share with Alberto.
(c) Keep it for himself.
(d) Share with the whole squad.

4. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?
(a) Near the end of the war.
(b) In the first months of the war.
(c) In the middle of the war.
(d) Before Germany invaded Italy.

5. What was the title of Hitler's book?
(a) Lager Life.
(b) Mein Kampf.
(c) The Nazi Manifesto.
(d) Mein Kapos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Levi discussed the issue of memory through the character of Count Ugolino by which author?

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

3. What does Levi consider the vast shame?

4. What does Levi think most survivors feel at Liberation?

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

(see the answer key)

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