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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. At what point did Hitler begin denying the truth?
(a) After the invasion of France.
(b) During liberation of the lagers.
(c) After Stalingrad.
(d) After the invasion of Poland.

2. Monowitz was part of which camp?
(a) Treblinka.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Buchenwald.
(d) Bergen-Belsen.

3. What do victims tend to do when they remember?
(a) Remember every detail exactly as it happened.
(b) Skim over painful episodes.
(c) Assign blame to themselves.
(d) Focus on the worst situations.

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

5. When were Eichmann and Hoss born?
(a) Before the Third Reich came to power.
(b) When Hitler was the leader of Germany.
(c) After Hitler killed himself.
(d) During the height of the Third Reich's power.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Nazi party was elected to power in which country?

2. What does Levi consider the vast shame?

3. Why did Levi's Kapo disappear?

4. What were Kapos?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Levi think prisoners are beyond neuroses?

2. How does a totalitarian state control its citizens?

3. Explain the nature of human memory.

4. How do people react to having limited communication?

5. Briefly describe the life of Chaim Rumkowski.

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

7. Why does Primo Levi write about his experiences?

8. Comment on Levi's experience with speaking/understanding German in the lager.

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

10. What happeneds to people who become sonderkommandos?

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