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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the war, what was used as mattress ticking?
(a) Straw.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Dirty rags.
(d) Human hair.

2. What did new prisoners bring with them?
(a) Food.
(b) News.
(c) Books.
(d) Weapons.

3. How did Germans often coerce prisoners into being collaborators?
(a) By giving them more soup.
(b) By ordering them at gunpoint.
(c) By giving them new shoes.
(d) By appealing to their love of power.

4. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?
(a) In the first months of the war.
(b) Near the end of the war.
(c) In the middle of the war.
(d) Before Germany invaded Italy.

5. According to Levi, how did Amery go against his nature?
(a) He did manual labor.
(b) He returned Levi's blow.
(c) He hit a Polish criminal.
(d) He made his bed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Levi's friend Alberto stop being critical of those who consoled themselves with illusions?

3. What did the other prisoners think about the Sonderkommandos?

4. What does Levi call the daily rituals of the lager?

5. Which is the best description of Chaim Rumkowski?

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