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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. With whom did Mala Zimetbaum try to escape?
(a) Amery.
(b) An Italian Jew.
(c) Levi.
(d) Edek.
2. What did Mala Zimetbaum do that frustrated the Nazis?
(a) She killed herself on the gallows.
(b) She escaped successfully.
(c) She taunted the Nazi guards.
(d) She refused to work.
3. What happened when there was an anomaly in a roll call?
(a) Prisoners were forced to search for the escapee.
(b) SS and Gestapo combed the camp.
(c) Prisoners were sent back to the barracks.
(d) SS and Gestapo acted unconcerned.
4. How did most Germans feel after Hitler is defeated in the war?
(a) Sad.
(b) Proud.
(c) Angry.
(d) Remorseful.
5. 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.
6. Who is amazed that Levi's writing is not filled with hatred?
(a) I.J. from Stuttgard.
(b) Dr. T.H. of Hamburg.
(c) M.S. from Frankfurt.
(d) W.A. from Wurtemberg.
7. Who was particularly offended by being tattooed?
(a) Italian Jews.
(b) Non-believers.
(c) Orthodox Jews.
(d) Devout Christians.
8. Why does Levi want Survival in Auschwitz to be published in German?
(a) To get back at the Nazis for making him less of an intellectual.
(b) To pay tribute to the few Germans who did help Jews.
(c) To understand why the masses do not stop the Nazis.
(d) To seek revenge against those who oppressed him.
9. At the end of the book, to what does Levi chalk up the period of Nazi rule?
(a) A torrent of racial intolerance.
(b) An unprincipled political game.
(c) An epilogue in history books.
(d) A cohesion of multiple factors.
10. According to Levi, what is the legacy of Nazi ideology?
(a) Hatred and violence.
(b) Power and strength.
(c) Fear and slavery.
(d) Bombs and terrorism.
11. How many people were put in each train car arriving from Italy?
(a) 50-60.
(b) 70-80.
(c) 40-50.
(d) 60-70.
12. During the war, what was used as mattress ticking?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Straw.
(c) Dirty rags.
(d) Human hair.
13. Which is something that prisoners did receive provisions for?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Uniforms.
(d) Bedding.
14. What does Levi think about the experiences of lager survivors?
(a) They mirror that of people in Germany today.
(b) They are important for people in third world countries.
(c) They grow less relevant with each passing generation.
(d) They are a part of history that can be ignored.
15. Which characterizes the relationship between Amery and Levi after Liberation?
(a) They never see each other.
(b) They both flee to Belgium.
(c) They travel to Italy together.
(d) They visit each other often.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Levi consider all SS and all Germans in general to be?
2. What was one aspect in which life in the lager that was a caricature of army life?
3. Hitler demonstrated that a war fought in the industrial era can be damaging even without _____________.
4. When was Levi tempted to pray?
5. What is Germany now considered?
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