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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Germany now considered?
(a) A respectable country.
(b) A totalitarian regime.
(c) A third world country.
(d) A terrorist safe haven.

2. What do Amery and Levi agree about cultivated people?
(a) They made friends with other prisoners more easily.
(b) They had an easier time learning German.
(c) They adjusted to life in the lager more quickly.
(d) They had a harder time at manual labor.

3. During World War I, which trait characterized the relationship between antagonists?
(a) Fear.
(b) Mutual admiration.
(c) Mutual respect.
(d) Hatred.

4. According to Levi, how should problems be solved?
(a) Through discussion.
(b) Through violence.
(c) By a mediator.
(d) By a mix of talk and action.

5. During the war, what was used as mattress ticking?
(a) Human hair.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Straw.
(d) Dirty rags.

6. Which characterizes the relationship between Amery and Levi after Liberation?
(a) They never see each other.
(b) They travel to Italy together.
(c) They visit each other often.
(d) They both flee to Belgium.

7. What does Levi think is the stereotype of the SS?
(a) Good people.
(b) Monsters.
(c) Average humans.
(d) Power hungry.

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

9. What did train convoys from Italy carry?
(a) Wealthy passengers with lots of luggage.
(b) Fewer passengers than from Eastern Europe.
(c) More passengers than from Eastern Europe.
(d) Supplies in addition to passengers.

10. What does H.L. complain about in her letter?
(a) Her teacher considers Hitler's actions just.
(b) Her school ignores recent history.
(c) Germans are punished unfairly.
(d) She is made to feel shameful.

11. What was the title of Hitler's book?
(a) Mein Kampf.
(b) Mein Kapos.
(c) Lager Life.
(d) The Nazi Manifesto.

12. Which group of people was most prone to try escaping?
(a) Political prisoners.
(b) Long-term prisoners.
(c) Newcomers.
(d) Jews.

13. According to Levi, how did Amery go against his nature?
(a) He did manual labor.
(b) He hit a Polish criminal.
(c) He made his bed.
(d) He returned Levi's blow.

14. With whom does Hety S. put Levi in touch?
(a) Albert Speer.
(b) Chaim Rumkowski.
(c) Alberto.
(d) Jean Amery.

15. What does Levi correspond with H.L. about?
(a) Contemporary Germany.
(b) Nazi policies.
(c) The future of Germany.
(d) The World War II era.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Levi, which of the following is NOT a reason survivors tell their stories?

2. Most of the letters that Levi received were about what topic?

3. Who were most traumatized by relieving themselves in public?

4. According to Levi, what lessened the perpetrators' guilt?

5. Who was Elias?

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