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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. According to Levi, how should problems be solved?

2. What does H.L. complain about in her letter?

3. According to Levi, what made young Germans hate Jews?

4. According to Levi, which of the following was NOT a reason that Germans followed Hitler?

5. What does Hety claim about Albert Speer after her interview with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Levi explain the stereotype of rebellion?

2. What did Levi learn through the study of chemistry?

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

4. Describe the overall feeling of the majority of letters Levi receives.

5. What is Levi's explanation for why Jews did not try to escape?

6. What was special about Mala Zimetbaum?

7. Why is Levi interested in corresponding with H.L., the student from Bavaria?

8. How did Levi feel after he kicked Elias?

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

10. Why does Levi agree with Amery that believers had an easier time in the lager?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Why do the Nazis need or want prisoners in the lagers to be collaborators? Discuss different kinds of collaborators and how they benefited the Nazi agenda.

Essay Topic 3

"Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

1) Discuss this quote in reference to life during the Nazi era for Jews in the ghettos and lagers.

2) Discuss this quote in reference to Nazi officials and SS guards.

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