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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 does the theory of incommunicability from the 1970s state?
(a) Talk is an antidote to negative silence.
(b) People can and should talk.
(c) People's messages are understood.
(d) Talk is a veil over existential silence.

2. What did new prisoners bring with them?
(a) Food.
(b) Books.
(c) News.
(d) Weapons.

3. What happened to Levi's tattoo after the war?
(a) He had it removed.
(b) He had color added so it looked pretty.
(c) He kept it.
(d) He got another tattoo on top of it.

4. Who were most traumatized by relieving themselves in public?
(a) Old people.
(b) Young adults.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

5. At the beginning of the war, what were the lagers?
(a) Jails for prisoners.
(b) Death camps.
(c) Work camps.
(d) Safe places for Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Levi think about oppressors?

2. Who confronts Levi after liberation?

3. What does Levi call the daily rituals of the lager?

4. How does Levi characterize the shame and guilt that survivors feel?

5. When were Eichmann and Hoss born?

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