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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Intellectual in Auschwitz.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) President of the Warsaw Ghetto.
(b) A sonderkommando.
(c) A German officer.
(d) President of the Lodz Ghetto.

2. Why does Levi feel he is able to write on behalf of survivors?
(a) He saw death close up.
(b) He is good at psychoanalysis.
(c) He has overall perspective.
(d) He was given their consent.

3. Who employed Levi?
(a) IG Farben Industries.
(b) The Auschwitz SS.
(c) A chemistry laboratory.
(d) Monowitz Incorporated.

4. What was one aspect in which life in the lager that was a caricature of army life?
(a) Eating soup rations.
(b) Making bunk beds.
(c) Carrying weapons.
(d) Following orders.

5. How often did Monowitz receive new prisoners?
(a) Frequently.
(b) Hourly.
(c) Rarely.
(d) Never.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amery write about?

2. What did Louis Darquier de Pellepoix do after he was caught?

3. From where did Monowitz receive new prisoners?

4. What were Kapos?

5. According to Levi, when do survivors experience angst?

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