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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 does Levi think about oppressors?
(a) They feel better once they confess to their crimes.
(b) They rework the past to make themselves feel less guilty.
(c) They lie blatantly about their criminal actions.
(d) They tend to blame the victims for their bad actions.

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

3. What did Levi choose to do with the object he finds?
(a) Share with the whole squad.
(b) Hide it again.
(c) Keep it for himself.
(d) Share with Alberto.

4. According to Levi, why can't the "privileged" be objective?
(a) They watched those around them die.
(b) They befriended the Nazis.
(c) They were unaccostemed to manual labor.
(d) They suffered least.

5. Which is the best description of Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) He ws a prisoner and a good singer.
(b) He was a dictator and an good administrator.
(c) He was a German official and the messiah.
(d) He was a benevolent leader and a father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What predominant emotion did survivors feel at Liberation as depicted in literature and in the movies?

2. How often did Monowitz receive new prisoners?

3. What nationality is Primo Levi?

4. What did new prisoners bring with them?

5. In what year did the tide of World War II change?

Short Essay Questions

1. Comment on how a prisoner's moral yardstick changed during his internment.

2. Why do survivors simplify the past by using stark good vs. evil distinctions?

3. How do people react to having limited communication?

4. Why do historians need to study the stories of survivors?

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

6. Briefly describe the Nazi death camp system.

7. Why did Alberto change his mind about consoling oneself with illusions?

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

9. According to Levi, which memories seem to be universal?

10. Why does Primo Levi write about his experiences?

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