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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Gray Zone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nationality is Primo Levi?
(a) Italian.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Polish.

2. How did most prisoners arrive at Auschwitz?
(a) By car.
(b) On foot.
(c) By bus.
(d) By train.

3. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?
(a) They only want to learn about first-arrival impressions.
(b) They distrust survivors' memories of events.
(c) They have finished studying World War II.
(d) They still have much to learn about camp life.

4. What was Hitler at the time of his death?
(a) A frustrated civilian.
(b) A fearless leader.
(c) A deluded gambler.
(d) A war hero.

5. According to Levi, what happens when a story is often retold?
(a) It becomes set in stone.
(b) It is a universal truth.
(c) It can be adorned.
(d) It will become boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Hans Biebow in relation to Chaim Rumkowski?

2. According to Levi, who is trapped by memories?

3. After the war, what was a major source of reconstructing what happened?

4. According to Levi, which statement best describes the Lagers?

5. What happens to Alberto?

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