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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. In what year did the tide of World War II change?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1944.

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

3. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?
(a) A concentration camp.
(b) A work camp.
(c) A death camp.
(d) A medical research camp.

4. What did Levi use to pay for German lessons?
(a) His blanket.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His soup ration.
(d) His bread ration.

5. What was the place of the Sonderkommandos within the Lager?
(a) They only ate with other prisoners.
(b) They moved about freely.
(c) They shared barracks with other prisoners.
(d) They were kept segregated.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What function did ghettos serve?

3. The Third Reich did all of the following to stay in power except:

4. What does Levi think about power?

5. What language does Levi speak after the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain the nature of human memory.

4. How does a totalitarian state control its citizens?

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

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

7. Why does Levi think prisoners are beyond neuroses?

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

9. Why does Primo Levi write about his experiences?

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

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