View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Shame.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Third Reich did all of the following to stay in power except:
(a) Controlled information.
(b) Created a climate of fear.
(c) Provided transparency.
(d) Used propoganda.

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

3. Why should survivors' stories be read critically?
(a) Survivors like to tell lies about their experiences.
(b) Survivors have a bad grasp of the German language.
(c) Each story tells the same information about the war.
(d) Each story is individual and lacks overall perspective.

4. When was Primo Levi brought to Auschwitz?
(a) Near the end of the war.
(b) Before Germany invaded Italy.
(c) In the first months of the war.
(d) In the middle of the war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT a common justification that Nazis used when confessing?

2. Who was Chaim Rumkowski?

3. According to Levi, why did prisoners not commit suicide?

4. When were Eichmann and Hoss born?

5. According to Levi, what creates a "convenient reality?"

(see the answer key)

This section contains 300 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample