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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Stereotypes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why should survivors' stories be read critically?
(a) Survivors have a bad grasp of the German language.
(b) Each story tells the same information about the war.
(c) Survivors like to tell lies about their experiences.
(d) Each story is individual and lacks overall perspective.

2. What does Levi think most survivors feel at Liberation?
(a) Unconditional happiness.
(b) Unexplicable anger.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Exhaustion.

3. Levi discussed the issue of memory through the character of Count Ugolino by which author?
(a) Dante.
(b) Weisel.
(c) Frued.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. Which of the following was NOT a common justification that Nazis used when confessing?
(a) Following the orders of a superior.
(b) Living in an environment of fear.
(c) Being brought up in a racist environment.
(d) Believing in Hitler's ideas.

5. What does Levi contend about survivors' memories?
(a) They blur over time.
(b) They lead to nightmares.
(c) They need to be documented.
(d) They should not be believed.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Levi, how did Amery go against his nature?

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

3. Which is something that prisoners did receive provisions for?

4. What do Amery and Levi agree about cultivated people?

5. What did all prisoners do during their internment?

(see the answer key)

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