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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. What language does Levi speak after the war?
(a) Polish.
(b) Lager German.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) German.

2. What does Levi consider the vast shame?
(a) That there was evil in the lagers.
(b) That the world ignored what was happening.
(c) That a nuclear apocalypse will occur.
(d) That the German people tried not to see.

3. The Nazi party was elected to power in which country?
(a) Poland.
(b) Italy.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Germany.

4. After the war, what was a major source of reconstructing what happened?
(a) The evidence of Nazi officials.
(b) The stories of survivors.
(c) The ruins of labor camps.
(d) The stories of liberating soldiers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is Primo Levi?

2. According to Levi, what happens when a story is often retold?

3. What were the Sonderkommandos taught?

4. What did Levi choose to do with the object he finds?

5. To whom did Amery compare the SS in the Ukraine?

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