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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 did train convoys from Italy carry?
(a) Fewer passengers than from Eastern Europe.
(b) Wealthy passengers with lots of luggage.
(c) More passengers than from Eastern Europe.
(d) Supplies in addition to passengers.

2. What does Levi think it is his mission to do?
(a) Lead a positive life.
(b) Return to being a scientist.
(c) Tell his story orally.
(d) Bear witness by writing.

3. What happened to corpses?
(a) They were given a proper burial.
(b) They were turned into industrial products.
(c) They were allowed to decompose.
(d) They were returned to family members.

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason survivors feel guilty?
(a) They should have tried harder to escape into the forest.
(b) They failed to help others.
(c) They failed to resist.
(d) They did not do enough to oppose the system.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the tide of World War II change?

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

3. What was the camp's second language?

4. According to Levi, which statement best describes the Lagers?

5. Who confronts Levi after liberation?

(see the answer key)

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