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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Levi think it is his mission to do?
(a) Bear witness by writing.
(b) Return to being a scientist.
(c) Tell his story orally.
(d) Lead a positive life.

2. What does survival depend upon?
(a) Putting oneself first.
(b) Feeling heroic.
(c) Collaborating with the SS.
(d) Helping others.

3. Why should survivors' stories be read critically?
(a) Survivors have a bad grasp of the German language.
(b) Survivors like to tell lies about their experiences.
(c) Each story tells the same information about the war.
(d) Each story is individual and lacks overall perspective.

4. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?
(a) They only want to learn about first-arrival impressions.
(b) They distrust survivors' memories of events.
(c) They still have much to learn about camp life.
(d) They have finished studying World War II.

5. Who was Hans Biebow in relation to Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His superior officer.
(c) His bunkmate.
(d) His trading partner.

6. According to Levi, who is trapped by memories?
(a) Only oppressors.
(b) Only survivors.
(c) Survivors and oppressors.
(d) High level Nazi officials.

7. After lberation, how did Levi feel about God?
(a) He was a strong believer in God.
(b) He did not believe in God.
(c) He thought God was merciless.
(d) He thought God was unjust.

8. What nationality is Primo Levi?
(a) Polish.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) German.

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

10. After his return, what did Levi's religious friend think?
(a) Levi survived because of his selfishness.
(b) Levi should leave Europe.
(c) Levi's survival was an act of God.
(d) Levi's survival was due to luck.

11. What did Levi choose to do with the object he finds?
(a) Share with the whole squad.
(b) Share with Alberto.
(c) Hide it again.
(d) Keep it for himself.

12. After liberation, why did survivors feel diminished as human beings?
(a) They saw their families die.
(b) They witnessed great horrors.
(c) They were guilty of the charges against them.
(d) They lived at an animal level.

13. 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.

14. What predominant emotion did survivors feel at Liberation as depicted in literature and in the movies?
(a) Joy.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Panic.

15. Which of the following did Levi think is the worst crime of the Nazis?
(a) Causing people to lose faith.
(b) Shifting guilt to the victims.
(c) Killing millions of Jews.
(d) Giving prisoners too little food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Levi speak after the war?

2. According to Levi, what can cause victims' memories to drift?

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

4. Why did Levi know some German?

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

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