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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Memory of the Offense.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the tide of World War II change?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1944.

2. Who tells criminals to claim "I don't remember?"
(a) Hitler.
(b) Victims' families.
(c) They claim it on their own.
(d) Defense lawyers.

3. When people first heard of Nazi death camps, what was the reaction?
(a) Pride.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Incredulity.
(d) Anguish.

4. The Nazi party was elected to power in which country?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) Poland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?

2. How did most prisoners arrive at Auschwitz?

3. Why does Levi feel the Germans suffered "willed ignorance" about the camps?

4. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?

5. Why does Levi consider most survivors to be of the "privileged" class?

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