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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the tattoos gratuitous?
(a) The prisoners had no names.
(b) The uniforms bore prisoners' numbers.
(c) The tattoos could not be seen under clothing.
(d) The prisoners had memorized their numbers.

2. According to Levi, which of these factors did NOT play a role in the Nazi violence?
(a) Defense of principle.
(b) Intolerance.
(c) Lust for power.
(d) Political fanaticism.

3. What was the lager's first lesson?
(a) Do not try to understand.
(b) Do not share food with others.
(c) Believe in God.
(d) Keep to oneself.

4. According to Levi, what were people who were denied freedom in a place where freedom was considered a right expected to do?
(a) Write or speak out.
(b) Accept and survive.
(c) Escape or rebel.
(d) Protest and rally.

5. Who became Jean Amery?
(a) Hans Mayer.
(b) Elias.
(c) Hans Biebow
(d) Alberto.

6. What do Amery and Levi agree about cultivated people?
(a) They had an easier time learning German.
(b) They made friends with other prisoners more easily.
(c) They had a harder time at manual labor.
(d) They adjusted to life in the lager more quickly.

7. The violence the Nazis inflicted did all of the following except:
(a) Serve a goal.
(b) Create an atmosphere of terror.
(c) Cause suffering.
(d) Give some people power.

8. What does Levi correspond with H.L. about?
(a) Contemporary Germany.
(b) The future of Germany.
(c) The World War II era.
(d) Nazi policies.

9. According to Levi, which of the following was NOT a reason that Germans followed Hitler?
(a) His military strength.
(b) National pride.
(c) Mental laziness.
(d) His beautiful words.

10. Which is something that prisoners did receive provisions for?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Bedding.
(d) Uniforms.

11. What does Levi think about the experiences of lager survivors?
(a) They are important for people in third world countries.
(b) They grow less relevant with each passing generation.
(c) They mirror that of people in Germany today.
(d) They are a part of history that can be ignored.

12. Which of the following is NOT something people question survivors about?
(a) Accepting the injustice of the situation.
(b) Avoiding capture in the first place.
(c) Escape.
(d) Rebellion.

13. How many people were put in each train car arriving from Italy?
(a) 40-50.
(b) 50-60.
(c) 60-70.
(d) 70-80.

14. Where was Hans Mayer born?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Lodz.

15. Which characterizes the relationship between Amery and Levi after Liberation?
(a) They travel to Italy together.
(b) They never see each other.
(c) They visit each other often.
(d) They both flee to Belgium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does W.A. from Wurtemberg write about?

2. According to H.L., what are young Germans tired of feeling?

3. Who were most traumatized by relieving themselves in public?

4. What was Hitler's intention from the start of the war?

5. What happened when there was an anomaly in a roll call?

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