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

2. Who orated in the style of Hitler?
(a) Primo Levi.
(b) Chaim Rumkowski.
(c) Alberto.
(d) Eichmann.

3. Who does Levi think is in the gray zone for ordering an underling to kill someone?
(a) Hans Biebow.
(b) Chaim Rumkowski.
(c) Muhsfeld.
(d) Hitler.

4. According to Levi, who is trapped by memories?
(a) Only survivors.
(b) High level Nazi officials.
(c) Only oppressors.
(d) Survivors and oppressors.

5. According to Levi, who may judge collaborators?
(a) Other collaborators.
(b) Everyone.
(c) Historians.
(d) Those who did not become collaborators.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Sonderkommandos taught?

2. Where did the SS recruit Sonderkommandos?

3. At what point did Hitler begin denying the truth?

4. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?

5. How did Nazi commanders protect the consciousness of people they assign to do dirty work?

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