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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From where did Monowitz receive new prisoners?
(a) Russia.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) Across Europe.

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

4. What were Kapos?
(a) German guards with a low rank.
(b) Recent arrivals to the lagers.
(c) Chiefs of squads or barracks.
(d) Translators for the Germans.

5. After liberation, why did survivors feel diminished as human beings?
(a) They were guilty of the charges against them.
(b) They saw their families die.
(c) They witnessed great horrors.
(d) They lived at an animal level.

6. How did Nazi commanders protect the consciousness of people they assign to do dirty work?
(a) They provided psychological counseling.
(b) They rewarded them with prizes.
(c) They plied them with alcohol.
(d) They promised that they will go to heaven.

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

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

9. What is Primo Levi's profession?
(a) Philospher.
(b) Biologist.
(c) Chemist.
(d) Laborer.

10. Which subset of prisoners does Levi think make the best observers?
(a) Italian Jews.
(b) Political prisoners.
(c) Kapos.
(d) Intellectuals.

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

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

13. Where did the SS recruit Sonderkommandos?
(a) At the train arrival station.
(b) In the infirmary.
(c) In the ghettos.
(d) At the work sites.

14. What did new prisoners bring with them?
(a) Food.
(b) Books.
(c) Weapons.
(d) News.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Levi, who is trapped by memories?

2. How often did Monowitz receive new prisoners?

3. What does Levi think about power?

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

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

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