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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. Levi discussed the issue of memory through the character of Count Ugolino by which author?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Weisel.
(c) Frued.
(d) Dante.

2. Levi's knowledge of the German language was __________ in Auschwitz.
(a) Helpful.
(b) Forgettable.
(c) Problematic.
(d) Useless.

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

4. What does Amery write about?
(a) His work in the resistance movement.
(b) His friendship with Primo Levi in Auschwitz.
(c) Why the Nazi officials deserve to die.
(d) The pros and cons of being an intellectual in Auschwitz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Levi consider the vast shame?

2. Why did Levi know some German?

3. Who employed Levi?

4. Who was Chaim Rumkowski?

5. What did the other prisoners think about the Sonderkommandos?

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