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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Alberto?

2. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?

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

4. When did Levi's friend Alberto stop being critical of those who consoled themselves with illusions?

5. After lberation, how did Levi feel about God?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the life of Chaim Rumkowski.

2. What happeneds to people who become sonderkommandos?

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

4. Why does Levi think prisoners are beyond neuroses?

5. How does Levi shock Germans after the war?

6. Why were political prisoners envied?

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

8. Explain the nature of human memory.

9. What is "willed ignorance?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From a Nazi perspective, discuss the reasons why the lagers were a necessary part of the war.

Essay Topic 2

Levi writes this book hoping to receive letters that help him answer the question of whether or not Germans can be understood. Do you think Levi gets his answer? Do you think Germans can be understood for their role in the Holocaust?

Essay Topic 3

Levi titles Chapter 5 Useless Violence. Do you think that violence can ever be useful? Use examples from the book and your own life to give a rationale for your answer.

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