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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 does Levi feel the Germans suffered "willed ignorance" about the camps?
(a) Slave labor was an entrenched part of German society.
(b) They were happy to be getting supplies during war time.
(c) They knew that liberation would be coming soon.
(d) The prisoners in the camps were all hardened criminals.

2. What does Levi believe about judging the Sonderkommandos?
(a) He feels judgment must be suspended.
(b) He feels they should be judged leniently.
(c) He feels they should be judged harshly.
(d) He feels judgment must be handed down by the courts.

3. How many people were put in each train car arriving from Italy?
(a) 40-50.
(b) 50-60.
(c) 70-80.
(d) 60-70.

4. What language does Levi speak after the war?
(a) German.
(b) Polish.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) Lager German.

5. According to Levi, what happened to prisoners who know no German?
(a) They were kept unaware of the horrors around them.
(b) They escaped into a world of silence.
(c) They had an especially hard time in the lager.
(d) They had translators who helped them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a reason survivors feel guilty?

2. Which characterized the German spoken in the Lager?

3. Who was Chaim Rumkowski?

4. Which was NOT a reason that Jews have no where to run?

5. Why does Levi consider most survivors to be of the "privileged" class?

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