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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?
(a) They still have much to learn about camp life.
(b) They distrust survivors' memories of events.
(c) They have finished studying World War II.
(d) They only want to learn about first-arrival impressions.

2. What was the place of the Sonderkommandos within the Lager?
(a) They only ate with other prisoners.
(b) They moved about freely.
(c) They shared barracks with other prisoners.
(d) They were kept segregated.

3. What did Louis Darquier de Pellepoix do after he was caught?
(a) He blamed Eichmann and Hoss for his crimes.
(b) He blamed the authoritative nature of the Nazi party.
(c) He denied his part in deportations and gas chambers.
(d) He admitted all of the crimes that he committed during the war.

4. Who confronts Levi after liberation?
(a) The SS.
(b) His kapo.
(c) Alberto.
(d) Daniele.

5. Who does Levi think is in the gray zone for ordering an underling to kill someone?
(a) Hans Biebow.
(b) Muhsfeld.
(c) Chaim Rumkowski.
(d) Hitler.

6. When were Eichmann and Hoss born?
(a) When Hitler was the leader of Germany.
(b) After Hitler killed himself.
(c) Before the Third Reich came to power.
(d) During the height of the Third Reich's power.

7. How did prisoners who speak Yiddish look upon Italian Jews who did not speak it?
(a) With suspicion.
(b) As traitors.
(c) As non-Jews.
(d) With fear.

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

9. According to Levi, what happened to prisoners who know no German?
(a) They had an especially hard time in the lager.
(b) They had translators who helped them.
(c) They were kept unaware of the horrors around them.
(d) They escaped into a world of silence.

10. What did the other prisoners think about the Sonderkommandos?
(a) They deplored them for working for the oppressors.
(b) They thought they were courageous for doing the dirty work.
(c) They admired their strength of character.
(d) They wondered what it must be like to be debased.

11. With which statement about Eichmann and Hoss would Levi agree?
(a) They joined the Nazi party opportunistically.
(b) They had no choice in becoming Nazi officials.
(c) They should not have been punished for their actions.
(d) They suffered from memories of what they did during the war.

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

13. What was Hitler at the time of his death?
(a) A war hero.
(b) A frustrated civilian.
(c) A fearless leader.
(d) A deluded gambler.

14. According to Levi, why did prisoners not commit suicide?
(a) Religious people think suicide is an affront to God.
(b) Their whole existence wa wrapped up in survival.
(c) The prisoners were hopeful that they would be freed any day.
(d) There were no means by which to do so in the lager.

15. What does survival depend upon?
(a) Putting oneself first.
(b) Collaborating with the SS.
(c) Helping others.
(d) Feeling heroic.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his return, what did Levi's religious friend think?

2. What were Kapos?

3. Who orated in the style of Hitler?

4. Why did Levi know some German?

5. What was Auschwitz-Monowitz?

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