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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was best able to learn the lager's first lesson?
(a) The intellectuals.
(b) The uncultivated.
(c) Jean Amery and Primo Levi.
(d) Sonderkommandos.

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

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

4. The student from Bavaria, H.L., first writes to Levi in what year?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1947.

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

6. At the end of the book, to what does Levi chalk up the period of Nazi rule?
(a) An unprincipled political game.
(b) An epilogue in history books.
(c) A torrent of racial intolerance.
(d) A cohesion of multiple factors.

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

8. Which of the following was NOT a purpose that the lagers serve for the Nazis?
(a) Slave labor.
(b) Extending German control throughout Europe.
(c) Eliminating political adversaries.
(d) Killing inferior races.

9. At which camp is there NO rebellion?
(a) Birkenau.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Sobibor.
(d) Treblinka.

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

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

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

13. During World War I, which trait characterized the relationship between antagonists?
(a) Mutual admiration.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Mutual respect.
(d) Fear.

14. In what year is Survival in Auschwitz first published?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1957.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is amazed that Levi's writing is not filled with hatred?

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

3. Who became Jean Amery?

4. What is the core of what lager survivors have to say?

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

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