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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to Levi's tattoo after the war?
(a) He had color added so it looked pretty.
(b) He had it removed.
(c) He got another tattoo on top of it.
(d) He kept it.

3. What does Levi contend about survivors' memories?
(a) They need to be documented.
(b) They lead to nightmares.
(c) They should not be believed.
(d) They blur over time.

4. What does Levi think most survivors feel at Liberation?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Unconditional happiness.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Unexplicable anger.

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason survivors feel guilty?
(a) They failed to help others.
(b) They failed to resist.
(c) They should have tried harder to escape into the forest.
(d) They did not do enough to oppose the system.

6. How did most prisoners arrive at Auschwitz?
(a) By car.
(b) By train.
(c) On foot.
(d) By bus.

7. Auschwitz was located in which country?
(a) Occupied Poland.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Occupied France.

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

9. What does Levi think it is his mission to do?
(a) Lead a positive life.
(b) Return to being a scientist.
(c) Tell his story orally.
(d) Bear witness by writing.

10. According to Levi, who is trapped by memories?
(a) Only survivors.
(b) Only oppressors.
(c) Survivors and oppressors.
(d) High level Nazi officials.

11. According to Levi, what did survivors feel about their newly re-acquired freedom?
(a) Indebted.
(b) Gratefulness.
(c) Discomfort.
(d) Ambivalence.

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

13. After the war, what was a major source of reconstructing what happened?
(a) The ruins of labor camps.
(b) The evidence of Nazi officials.
(c) The stories of survivors.
(d) The stories of liberating soldiers.

14. How did Germans often coerce prisoners into being collaborators?
(a) By ordering them at gunpoint.
(b) By giving them more soup.
(c) By giving them new shoes.
(d) By appealing to their love of power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Chaim Rumkowski?

2. After lberation, how did Levi feel about God?

3. What does Levi think about oppressors?

4. What was the camp's second language?

5. What language does Levi speak after the war?

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