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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Germans need collaborators?
(a) There were not enough Germans to keep order.
(b) They liked to give others some power.
(c) They liked to give orders.
(d) They wanted to feel liked.

2. What does Levi contend about survivors' memories?
(a) They should not be believed.
(b) They need to be documented.
(c) They lead to nightmares.
(d) They blur over time.

3. According to Levi, why did prisoners not commit suicide?
(a) Religious people think suicide is an affront to God.
(b) The prisoners were hopeful that they would be freed any day.
(c) Their whole existence wa wrapped up in survival.
(d) There were no means by which to do so in the lager.

4. Which of the following was NOT a common justification that Nazis used when confessing?
(a) Living in an environment of fear.
(b) Believing in Hitler's ideas.
(c) Following the orders of a superior.
(d) Being brought up in a racist environment.

5. The Third Reich did all of the following to stay in power except:
(a) Created a climate of fear.
(b) Used propoganda.
(c) Controlled information.
(d) Provided transparency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Levi consider most survivors to be of the "privileged" class?

2. According to Levi, what creates a "convenient reality?"

3. After lberation, how did Levi feel about God?

4. Monowitz was part of which camp?

5. According to Levi, who is trapped by memories?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a totalitarian state control its citizens?

2. What does Levi consider to be his mission and why?

3. What does Levi consider to be the extreme case of collaboration?

4. According to Levi, why do oppressors suppress memories?

5. How do people react to having limited communication?

6. Why does Levi argue that survivors should not feel guilt?

7. Levi often characterizes survivors as being privileged. What does he mean by this?

8. What was the classic militiamen defense that Eichmann and Hoss used?

9. Why did survivors not feel the happiness at liberation that is portrayed in literature and movies?

10. Briefly describe the Nazi death camp system.

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