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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. How many times does Levi meet Hety S. of Wiesbaden?

2. Which is something that prisoners did receive provisions for?

3. Who employed Levi?

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason Levi considers the German people guilty?

5. According to Levi, how should problems be solved?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Levi want Survival in Auschwitz to be published in German?

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

4. What is the last stereotype that the author tries to dissuade?

5. Who were counted at roll calls?

6. In Chapter 7, Stereotypes, Levi discusses stereotypes in regard to three aspects of survivor behavior. What are they?

7. What does Levi think about Amery's definition of an intellectual?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This is a book that has more than one theme. In your mind, what is the main theme of the book? Discuss how it is explored throughout the book.

Essay Topic 2

What would you have done if you were recruited to be a sonderkommando? How do you think you would have handled being in that situation?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Levi's situation when he finds the water spigot.

1) Do you agree with the decision he made? Why or why not?

2) What do you think you would have done in the same situation?

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