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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Levi, when do survivors experience angst?
(a) When they hear other Germans' stories.
(b) When they communicate too much.
(c) When they refuse to communicate.
(d) When they tell their stories to their families.

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason survivors feel guilty?
(a) They did not do enough to oppose the system.
(b) They failed to help others.
(c) They should have tried harder to escape into the forest.
(d) They failed to resist.

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

4. Which of the following was NOT a common justification that Nazis used when confessing?
(a) Being brought up in a racist environment.
(b) Living in an environment of fear.
(c) Believing in Hitler's ideas.
(d) Following the orders of a superior.

5. Who was Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) A German officer.
(b) President of the Lodz Ghetto.
(c) President of the Warsaw Ghetto.
(d) A sonderkommando.

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

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

8. Auschwitz was located in which country?
(a) Germany.
(b) Occupied France.
(c) Occupied Poland.
(d) Italy.

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

10. What was the camp's second language?
(a) Italian.
(b) Polish.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) German.

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

12. What did Louis Darquier de Pellepoix do after he was caught?
(a) He blamed the authoritative nature of the Nazi party.
(b) He denied his part in deportations and gas chambers.
(c) He admitted all of the crimes that he committed during the war.
(d) He blamed Eichmann and Hoss for his crimes.

13. Where did the SS recruit Sonderkommandos?
(a) At the work sites.
(b) In the ghettos.
(c) In the infirmary.
(d) At the train arrival station.

14. The Third Reich did all of the following to stay in power except:
(a) Controlled information.
(b) Provided transparency.
(c) Created a climate of fear.
(d) Used propoganda.

15. What did all prisoners do during their internment?
(a) Lie.
(b) Steal.
(c) Punish others.
(d) Commit murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did Monowitz receive new prisoners?

2. What does Levi think about power?

3. How did most prisoners arrive at Auschwitz?

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

5. What was the place of the Sonderkommandos within the Lager?

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