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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a way in which Levi thinks that the crimes were punished?
(a) Leaders in the Third Reich were killed.
(b) German allies were estranged.
(c) Leaders in the Third Reich committed suicide.
(d) Germany was partitioned.

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

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

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

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

6. Which statement is true of the rebellions?
(a) They forced the closing of some smaller camps.
(b) They did not succeed in liberating a camp.
(c) They carried news to the outside world.
(d) They did not result in punishment.

7. To whom does Levi send his only irate letter?
(a) Dr. T.H. of Hamburg.
(b) H.L from Bavaria.
(c) L.I. from Westphalia.
(d) Hety S. of Wiesbaden.

8. What does Levi think is the stereotype of the SS?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Good people.
(c) Average humans.
(d) Power hungry.

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

10. 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.

11. What does Levi consider the duty of historians?
(a) To describe a state of constant fear.
(b) To examine stereotypes.
(c) To tell the story of survivors.
(d) To explain the feeling of extreme hunger.

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

13. From which camp did Mala Zimetbaum try to escape?
(a) Treblinka.
(b) Birkenau.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Auschwitz.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Levi, which of these factors did NOT play a role in the Nazi violence?

2. According to Levi, what is the legacy of Nazi ideology?

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

4. Which of the following is NOT something people question survivors about?

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason Levi considers the German people guilty?

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