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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. According to Levi, how did Amery go against his nature?
(a) He did manual labor.
(b) He made his bed.
(c) He returned Levi's blow.
(d) He hit a Polish criminal.

2. According to Levi, what lessened the perpetrators' guilt?
(a) Offering compassion.
(b) Feeling invincible.
(c) Degrading the victims.
(d) Pitying the prisoners.

3. How many times does Levi meet Hety S. of Wiesbaden?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. Who employed Levi?
(a) IG Farben Industries.
(b) The Auschwitz SS.
(c) Monowitz Incorporated.
(d) A chemistry laboratory.

5. Which was NOT a reason that people joined the SS?
(a) They were fearful of punishment.
(b) They had been reared badly.
(c) They wanted a good career.
(d) They were paid very highly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Levi consider the duty of historians?

2. Most of the letters that Levi received were about what topic?

3. What happened when there was an anomaly in a roll call?

4. How did most Germans feel after Hitler is defeated in the war?

5. According to Levi, which of the following is NOT a reason survivors tell their stories?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Levi think the Nazis waged a suicidal war?

2. Describe the relationship between Amery and Levi after liberation.

3. Which types of professionals were allowed to practice their trade in the lagers?

4. Who does Levi consider responsible for the horrors of the lagers?

5. Levi considers the violence perpetrated by the Nazis to have been useless except for one thing. What was it?

6. Explain why violence is endemic in the Third World.

7. Summarize Levi's response to Dr. T.H. of Hamburg.

8. What did the women at Birkenau use their bowls for?

9. List some examples of the violence that stems from World War II.

10. What happened in the roll call when a prisoner was missing?

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