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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the place of the Sonderkommandos within the Lager?
(a) They shared barracks with other prisoners.
(b) They moved about freely.
(c) They only ate with other prisoners.
(d) They were kept segregated.

2. The student from Bavaria, H.L., first writes to Levi in what year?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1947.

3. Which is the best description of Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) He was a benevolent leader and a father.
(b) He was a German official and the messiah.
(c) He ws a prisoner and a good singer.
(d) He was a dictator and an good administrator.

4. According to Levi, which of these factors did NOT play a role in the Nazi violence?
(a) Intolerance.
(b) Lust for power.
(c) Political fanaticism.
(d) Defense of principle.

5. Who was best able to learn the lager's first lesson?
(a) Sonderkommandos.
(b) Jean Amery and Primo Levi.
(c) The uncultivated.
(d) The intellectuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Levi think about power?

2. Who employed Levi?

3. The Nazi party was elected to power in which country?

4. What predominant emotion did survivors feel at Liberation as depicted in literature and in the movies?

5. How did most Germans feel after Hitler is defeated in the war?

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