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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which characterized the German spoken in the Lager?
(a) It was a harsh version of the language.
(b) It was overly simplistic.
(c) It was a dialect that has some Yiddish mixed in.
(d) It was a refined version of the language.

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

6. When did Levi's friend Alberto stop being critical of those who consoled themselves with illusions?
(a) After his father was sent to the gas chamber.
(b) After his liberation from Auschwitz.
(c) After Levi persuaded him to change his mind.
(d) After his decision that is a healthier frame of mind.

7. What did the other prisoners think about the Sonderkommandos?
(a) They thought they were courageous for doing the dirty work.
(b) They wondered what it must be like to be debased.
(c) They admired their strength of character.
(d) They deplored them for working for the oppressors.

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

9. According to Levi, which statement best describes the Lagers?
(a) The lagers were the most horrible atrocity from any war ever.
(b) The lagers were a unique experience central to World War II.
(c) The lagers were an inventive way for Germany to produce war time supplies.
(d) The lagers were something that has occured in many wars.

10. What does Levi contend about survivors' memories?
(a) They need to be documented.
(b) They should not be believed.
(c) They lead to nightmares.
(d) They blur over time.

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

12. What do victims tend to do when they remember?
(a) Skim over painful episodes.
(b) Assign blame to themselves.
(c) Focus on the worst situations.
(d) Remember every detail exactly as it happened.

13. After the war, what was a major source of reconstructing what happened?
(a) The stories of survivors.
(b) The stories of liberating soldiers.
(c) The evidence of Nazi officials.
(d) The ruins of labor camps.

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

15. What does Levi think of the theory of incommunicability?
(a) That it offers hope for survivors.
(b) That it is true.
(c) That it is false.
(d) That it is partially true.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells criminals to claim "I don't remember?"

2. Which is the best description of Chaim Rumkowski?

3. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?

4. According to Levi, why did prisoners not commit suicide?

5. After liberation, why did survivors feel diminished as human beings?

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