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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Useless Violence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the job of the Sonderkommandos?
(a) To assign jobs to the new arrivals.
(b) To clean the barracks.
(c) To give out the food rations.
(d) To run the gas chambers and the ovens.

2. According to Levi, why did prisoners not commit suicide?
(a) Their whole existence wa wrapped up in survival.
(b) There were no means by which to do so in the lager.
(c) Religious people think suicide is an affront to God.
(d) The prisoners were hopeful that they would be freed any day.

3. When did Levi's friend Alberto stop being critical of those who consoled themselves with illusions?
(a) After his father was sent to the gas chamber.
(b) After Levi persuaded him to change his mind.
(c) After his decision that is a healthier frame of mind.
(d) After his liberation from Auschwitz.

4. Why did Levi know some German?
(a) German is similar to Italian.
(b) He learned it as a student.
(c) His German grandfather spoke it to him.
(d) He learned it through his work as a chemist.

5. Which of the following was NOT a common justification that Nazis used when confessing?
(a) Believing in Hitler's ideas.
(b) Following the orders of a superior.
(c) Being brought up in a racist environment.
(d) Living in an environment of fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the war, what was used as mattress ticking?

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

3. Who orated in the style of Hitler?

4. What does Levi think about power?

5. What happens to Alberto?

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