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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What function did ghettos serve?
(a) They gave Jews a safe place to live.
(b) They cut off communication between people.
(c) They assisted people in learning new languages.
(d) They kept offensive books away from people.

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

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

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

5. With which statement about Eichmann and Hoss would Levi agree?
(a) They should not have been punished for their actions.
(b) They suffered from memories of what they did during the war.
(c) They had no choice in becoming Nazi officials.
(d) They joined the Nazi party opportunistically.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the war, what were the lagers?

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

3. Monowitz was part of which camp?

4. According to Levi, what happens when a story is often retold?

5. Why does Levi feel the Germans suffered "willed ignorance" about the camps?

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