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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 lashes was Stein given?
2. What was Alfred L. paid for cleaning the Polish workers' pots?
3. During winter, how many prisoners died?
4. In Chapter 17, how many days did Levi believe he had the right to stay in the infirmary?
5. In Chapter 13, who were the first to hear rumors that a selection was coming?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was a "mussulman"?
2. In Chapter 16, why did Alberto and Levi need a zinc-pot, and where did they get one from?
3. In Chapter 12, what news did the prisoners hear and how did it make them feel?
4. Who were the Prominents?
5. Who were most of the non-Jewish Prominents?
6. What did Jean and Levi discuss on the way to get the ration in Chapter 11?
7. How did Jean make himself indispensable to Alex in Chapter 11?
8. At the beginning of Chapter 15, how many remain from Levi's convoy?
9. In Chapter 13, what did the coming of winter mean?
10. Why did Levi get sent to Ka-Be in Chapter 17?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 2, Levi and the other new prisoners had a lot to learn. What were some of the things the prisoners had to learn? What made learning difficult for Levi and the others? How were lessons learned? What were some of the most important lessons and why?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 7, the prisoners had one purpose in life. What was the prisoners' purpose? Why was that purpose so important to them? Why did looking toward spring give them hope? What would spring accomplish?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 9, Levi described the camp as an experiment. How did the conditions and the people interred in the camp make Levi think of an experiment? Why did he believe the camp embodied controls more stringent than even the most serious experimenter might impose? What did the experiment prove or disprove?
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