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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were Eichmann and Hoss born?
(a) Before the Third Reich came to power.
(b) After Hitler killed himself.
(c) During the height of the Third Reich's power.
(d) When Hitler was the leader of Germany.

2. From where did Monowitz receive new prisoners?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Across Europe.
(d) The United States.

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

4. Levi discussed the issue of memory through the character of Count Ugolino by which author?
(a) Dante.
(b) Weisel.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Frued.

5. What did Chaim Rumkowski consider himself to be?
(a) A businessman.
(b) The messiah.
(c) The doctor.
(d) A rabbi.

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

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

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

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

10. When people first heard of Nazi death camps, what was the reaction?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Pride.
(c) Anguish.
(d) Incredulity.

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

12. What does Levi think about power?
(a) That it is necessary.
(b) That it corrupts people.
(c) That it is intoxicating.
(d) That it is evil.

13. Why did Levi know some German?
(a) He learned it through his work as a chemist.
(b) He learned it as a student.
(c) German is similar to Italian.
(d) His German grandfather spoke it to him.

14. How did prisoners who speak Yiddish look upon Italian Jews who did not speak it?
(a) As non-Jews.
(b) With fear.
(c) As traitors.
(d) With suspicion.

15. What were Kapos?
(a) Recent arrivals to the lagers.
(b) Translators for the Germans.
(c) German guards with a low rank.
(d) Chiefs of squads or barracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the theory of incommunicability from the 1970s state?

2. What does Levi think of the theory of incommunicability?

3. Who orated in the style of Hitler?

4. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?

5. After his return, what did Levi's religious friend think?

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