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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Germans often coerce prisoners into being collaborators?
(a) By ordering them at gunpoint.
(b) By giving them more soup.
(c) By appealing to their love of power.
(d) By giving them new shoes.

2. In what year did the tide of World War II change?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1939.

3. With which statement about Eichmann and Hoss would Levi agree?
(a) They should not have been punished for their actions.
(b) They had no choice in becoming Nazi officials.
(c) They joined the Nazi party opportunistically.
(d) They suffered from memories of what they did during the war.

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

5. At what point did Hitler begin denying the truth?
(a) After the invasion of France.
(b) After the invasion of Poland.
(c) During liberation of the lagers.
(d) After Stalingrad.

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

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

8. Who orated in the style of Hitler?
(a) Chaim Rumkowski.
(b) Alberto.
(c) Primo Levi.
(d) Eichmann.

9. What happened to Levi's tattoo after the war?
(a) He had color added so it looked pretty.
(b) He had it removed.
(c) He got another tattoo on top of it.
(d) He kept it.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Levi think most survivors feel at Liberation?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Unexplicable anger.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Unconditional happiness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the other prisoners think about the Sonderkommandos?

2. What do victims tend to do when they remember?

3. Levi discussed the issue of memory through the character of Count Ugolino by which author?

4. How did prisoners who speak Yiddish look upon Italian Jews who did not speak it?

5. How does Levi characterize the shame and guilt that survivors feel?

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