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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. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?
(a) A death camp.
(b) A work camp.
(c) A medical research camp.
(d) A concentration camp.
2. Which is the best description of Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) He ws a prisoner and a good singer.
(b) He was a German official and the messiah.
(c) He was a dictator and an good administrator.
(d) He was a benevolent leader and a father.
3. After lberation, how did Levi feel about God?
(a) He thought God was merciless.
(b) He thought God was unjust.
(c) He was a strong believer in God.
(d) He did not believe in God.
4. When were Eichmann and Hoss born?
(a) When Hitler was the leader of Germany.
(b) Before the Third Reich came to power.
(c) During the height of the Third Reich's power.
(d) After Hitler killed himself.
5. Auschwitz was located in which country?
(a) Italy.
(b) Occupied France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Occupied Poland.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Levi, who may judge collaborators?
2. How did prisoners who speak Yiddish look upon Italian Jews who did not speak it?
3. According to Levi, what happened to prisoners who know no German?
4. What happens to Alberto?
5. What does Levi consider the vast shame?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do people react to having limited communication?
2. What does Levi consider to be the extreme case of collaboration?
3. What is "willed ignorance?"
4. Why were political prisoners envied?
5. Why do survivors simplify the past by using stark good vs. evil distinctions?
6. Briefly describe the life of Chaim Rumkowski.
7. Levi often characterizes survivors as being privileged. What does he mean by this?
8. Why did survivors not feel the happiness at liberation that is portrayed in literature and movies?
9. Why did Alberto change his mind about consoling oneself with illusions?
10. Why does Levi argue that survivors should not feel guilt?
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