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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Levi corresponds with Hety S. of Wiesbaden for approximately how many years?
(a) 2.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 5.

2. In what year was Amery arrested by the Gestapo?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1940.

3. Which was NOT a reason that people joined the SS?
(a) They wanted a good career.
(b) They were paid very highly.
(c) They had been reared badly.
(d) They were fearful of punishment.

4. How do young people refer to the SS?
(a) As guardians.
(b) As torturers.
(c) As evildoers.
(d) As liberators.

5. According to Levi, what made young Germans hate Jews?
(a) Fear.
(b) Nazi authority.
(c) Stereotypes.
(d) Nazi propaganda.

6. What does H.L. complain about in her letter?
(a) Her teacher considers Hitler's actions just.
(b) She is made to feel shameful.
(c) Germans are punished unfairly.
(d) Her school ignores recent history.

7. When was Levi tempted to pray?
(a) At liberation.
(b) Every morning upon waking.
(c) Standing before the Commission.
(d) Arriving at Auschwitz.

8. Who employed Levi?
(a) The Auschwitz SS.
(b) IG Farben Industries.
(c) A chemistry laboratory.
(d) Monowitz Incorporated.

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

10. What was the title of Hitler's book?
(a) Mein Kapos.
(b) The Nazi Manifesto.
(c) Lager Life.
(d) Mein Kampf.

11. Who did the Nazis conduct medical experiments on?
(a) Mice.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) Officers.
(d) Monkeys.

12. Which of the following was NOT a reason people did not flee beforehand?
(a) They were fearful of leaving the fatherland.
(b) Emigration was expensive.
(c) They did not believe Hitler's message.
(d) Immigration quotas were reduced.

13. During the war, what was used as mattress ticking?
(a) Dirty rags.
(b) Straw.
(c) Human hair.
(d) Cotton.

14. During the early part of the 1960s, about how many letters did Levi receive?
(a) 10.
(b) 400.
(c) 100.
(d) 40.

15. How many times did Levi fight back against a fellow prisoner?
(a) Twice.
(b) Numerous times.
(c) Once.
(d) Three times.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Hety S. put Levi in touch?

2. What does Levi think about the experiences of lager survivors?

3. What does Levi consider all SS and all Germans in general to be?

4. How did most Germans feel after Hitler is defeated in the war?

5. From which camp did Mala Zimetbaum try to escape?

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