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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was particularly offended by being tattooed?
(a) Non-believers.
(b) Devout Christians.
(c) Italian Jews.
(d) Orthodox Jews.

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

3. Which was NOT a reason that Jews have no where to run?
(a) They had no jobs.
(b) They had no relatives.
(c) They had no property.
(d) They had no citizenship.

4. What saved Levi from the gas chambers?
(a) A compassionate SS guard.
(b) His training as a chemist.
(c) A case of mistaken identity.
(d) His strength as a laborer.

5. To whom did Amery compare the SS in the Ukraine?
(a) The Germans in Poland.
(b) The Athenians in Melos.
(c) The Italians in Auschwitz.
(d) The slaves along the Appian Way.

6. What must align at roll calls?
(a) The number of officers.
(b) The tally of people.
(c) The lines the prisoners stand in.
(d) The uniforms of the prisoners.

7. What does Amery write about?
(a) Why the Nazi officials deserve to die.
(b) His friendship with Primo Levi in Auschwitz.
(c) His work in the resistance movement.
(d) The pros and cons of being an intellectual in Auschwitz.

8. According to Levi, which of the following is NOT a reason survivors tell their stories?
(a) They want to make others feel bad.
(b) To bear witness.
(c) To achieve a sense of relief.
(d) Others want to hear their stories.

9. Who does Amery think survive in higher numbers?
(a) Believers.
(b) Political prisoners.
(c) Intellectuals.
(d) Laborers.

10. What is the core of what lager survivors have to say?
(a) Survival is difficult.
(b) It will happen again.
(c) Violence is useless.
(d) It can happen again.

11. What does W.A. from Wurtemberg write about?
(a) Not knowing about Auschwitz despite living nearby.
(b) A feeling of shame on behalf of other Germans.
(c) How people cannot hide behind others.
(d) The help the book brings to Germans.

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

13. According to Levi, what lessened the perpetrators' guilt?
(a) Feeling invincible.
(b) Offering compassion.
(c) Degrading the victims.
(d) Pitying the prisoners.

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

15. According to H.L., what are young Germans tired of feeling?
(a) Shame.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Anger.
(d) Exhaustion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is something that prisoners did receive provisions for?

2. What did Levi do when he was tempted to pray?

3. Which characterizes the relationship between Amery and Levi after Liberation?

4. If an escapee was found, what happened?

5. According to Levi, why were the sonderkommandos at Birkenau able to stage a rebellion?

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