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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. After lberation, how did Levi feel about God?
(a) He thought God was merciless.
(b) He was a strong believer in God.
(c) He did not believe in God.
(d) He thought God was unjust.

2. According to Levi, which statement best describes the Lagers?
(a) The lagers were the most horrible atrocity from any war ever.
(b) The lagers were an inventive way for Germany to produce war time supplies.
(c) The lagers were a unique experience central to World War II.
(d) The lagers were something that has occured in many wars.

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

4. Levi discussed the issue of memory through the character of Count Ugolino by which author?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Frued.
(c) Weisel.
(d) Dante.

5. Who was Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) A German officer.
(b) A sonderkommando.
(c) President of the Warsaw Ghetto.
(d) President of the Lodz Ghetto.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Levi's friend Alberto stop being critical of those who consoled themselves with illusions?

2. Why does Levi feel the Germans suffered "willed ignorance" about the camps?

3. How did most prisoners arrive at Auschwitz?

4. Why did Germans need collaborators?

5. Why does Levi feel he is able to write on behalf of survivors?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is "willed ignorance?"

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

4. Explain the nature of human memory.

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

6. What does Levi think of the theory of "incommunicability"?

7. How do people react to having limited communication?

8. What is Primo Levi's theory about judging any people associated with the lagers?

9. How does Levi shock Germans after the war?

10. How does a totalitarian state control its citizens?

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