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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. Why did Levi know some German?
(a) He learned it through his work as a chemist.
(b) He learned it as a student.
(c) His German grandfather spoke it to him.
(d) German is similar to Italian.

2. How did prisoners who speak Yiddish look upon Italian Jews who did not speak it?
(a) With suspicion.
(b) As traitors.
(c) With fear.
(d) As non-Jews.

3. Why does Levi feel he is able to write on behalf of survivors?
(a) He was given their consent.
(b) He saw death close up.
(c) He has overall perspective.
(d) He is good at psychoanalysis.

4. According to Levi, what can cause victims' memories to drift?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Shame.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Fear.

5. After liberation, why did survivors feel diminished as human beings?
(a) They saw their families die.
(b) They witnessed great horrors.
(c) They lived at an animal level.
(d) They were guilty of the charges against them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Levi's tattoo after the war?

2. What does Levi think of the theory of incommunicability?

3. What does Levi think most survivors feel at Liberation?

4. What does Levi think it is his mission to do?

5. Who was Hans Biebow in relation to Chaim Rumkowski?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. According to Levi, why do oppressors suppress memories?

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

7. How do people react to having limited communication?

8. How does Levi shock Germans after the war?

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

10. What did the Nazis hope as the tide of war turned in 1942?

(see the answer keys)

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