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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. Where did the SS recruit Sonderkommandos?
(a) In the infirmary.
(b) At the work sites.
(c) In the ghettos.
(d) At the train arrival station.

2. Which subset of prisoners does Levi think make the best observers?
(a) Intellectuals.
(b) Political prisoners.
(c) Kapos.
(d) Italian Jews.

3. According to Levi, what can cause victims' memories to drift?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Fear.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Shame.

4. What happens to Alberto?
(a) He was liberated.
(b) He was sent to a different camp.
(c) He escaped.
(d) He disappeared.

5. 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 his liberation from Auschwitz.
(c) After his decision that is a healthier frame of mind.
(d) After Levi persuaded him to change his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?

2. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?

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

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

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

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