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

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

3. At the beginning of the war, what were the lagers?
(a) Work camps.
(b) Safe places for Jews.
(c) Death camps.
(d) Jails for prisoners.

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

5. Who did the Nazis conduct medical experiments on?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Mice.
(c) Officers.
(d) Prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which statement about Eichmann and Hoss would Levi agree?

2. What did new prisoners bring with them?

3. Where did the SS recruit Sonderkommandos?

4. Who was best able to learn the lager's first lesson?

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

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