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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?
(a) They have finished studying World War II.
(b) They only want to learn about first-arrival impressions.
(c) They still have much to learn about camp life.
(d) They distrust survivors' memories of events.

2. Where did the SS recruit Sonderkommandos?
(a) In the ghettos.
(b) At the work sites.
(c) In the infirmary.
(d) At the train arrival station.

3. What happened when there was an anomaly in a roll call?
(a) SS and Gestapo combed the camp.
(b) SS and Gestapo acted unconcerned.
(c) Prisoners were sent back to the barracks.
(d) Prisoners were forced to search for the escapee.

4. Monowitz was part of which camp?
(a) Buchenwald.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Treblinka.

5. After liberation, why did survivors feel diminished as human beings?
(a) They were guilty of the charges against them.
(b) They witnessed great horrors.
(c) They lived at an animal level.
(d) They saw their families die.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Levi, what did survivors feel about their newly re-acquired freedom?

2. What were Kapos?

3. Levi's knowledge of the German language was __________ in Auschwitz.

4. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?

5. Who were most traumatized by relieving themselves in public?

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