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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 group of people was most prone to try escaping?
(a) Jews.
(b) Newcomers.
(c) Long-term prisoners.
(d) Political prisoners.

2. What was one aspect in which life in the lager that was a caricature of army life?
(a) Following orders.
(b) Eating soup rations.
(c) Making bunk beds.
(d) Carrying weapons.

3. What was the job of the Sonderkommandos?
(a) To run the gas chambers and the ovens.
(b) To assign jobs to the new arrivals.
(c) To clean the barracks.
(d) To give out the food rations.

4. Why did Germans need collaborators?
(a) There were not enough Germans to keep order.
(b) They wanted to feel liked.
(c) They liked to give orders.
(d) They liked to give others some power.

5. According to Levi, what can cause victims' memories to drift?
(a) Fraud.
(b) Fear.
(c) Shame.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best description of Chaim Rumkowski?

2. What did Louis Darquier de Pellepoix do after he was caught?

3. What did new prisoners bring with them?

4. What does Levi consider the duty of historians?

5. Auschwitz was located in which country?

(see the answer key)

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