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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How often did Monowitz receive new prisoners?
(a) Hourly.
(b) Frequently.
(c) Never.
(d) Rarely.

5. How does Levi characterize the shame and guilt that survivors feel?
(a) Imaginary but heavy.
(b) Funny and sympathetic.
(c) Serious and debilitating.
(d) Absurd but real.

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

7. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?
(a) In the first months of the war.
(b) Before Germany invaded Italy.
(c) In the middle of the war.
(d) Near the end of the war.

8. Which of the following is NOT something that survivors have a particularly hard time listening to people complain about?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Heat.
(c) Cold.
(d) Hunger.

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

10. Why does Levi consider most survivors to be of the "privileged" class?
(a) They were generally the wealthiest prisoners.
(b) They were lucky enough to live through a horrible situation.
(c) They gained recognition after the lagers were liberated.
(d) They generally received more food than the people who died.

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

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

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

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. Who tells criminals to claim "I don't remember?"
(a) Defense lawyers.
(b) They claim it on their own.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Victims' families.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Levi believe about judging the Sonderkommandos?

2. According to Levi, who is trapped by memories?

3. Who orated in the style of Hitler?

4. Who confronts Levi after liberation?

5. What function did ghettos serve?

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