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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Levi, what happens when a story is often retold?
(a) It will become boring.
(b) It becomes set in stone.
(c) It is a universal truth.
(d) It can be adorned.

2. Who tells criminals to claim "I don't remember?"
(a) Hitler.
(b) They claim it on their own.
(c) Victims' families.
(d) Defense lawyers.

3. Who was Chaim Rumkowski?
(a) A German officer.
(b) A sonderkommando.
(c) President of the Lodz Ghetto.
(d) President of the Warsaw Ghetto.

4. When Levi's squad was clearing rubble, what did he find?
(a) A gold bracelet.
(b) New shoes.
(c) Fresh water.
(d) A heel of bread.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Sonderkommandos taught?

2. Who does Levi think is in the gray zone for ordering an underling to kill someone?

3. When were Eichmann and Hoss born?

4. What happened to Levi's tattoo after the war?

5. What did new prisoners bring with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a totalitarian state control its citizens?

2. What was the classic militiamen defense that Eichmann and Hoss used?

3. How do people react to having limited communication?

4. Why do survivors simplify the past by using stark good vs. evil distinctions?

5. Explain the nature of human memory.

6. Why does Levi argue that survivors should not feel guilt?

7. Why does Levi think prisoners are beyond neuroses?

8. What does Levi consider to be the extreme case of collaboration?

9. Briefly describe the Nazi death camp system.

10. Comment on how a prisoner's moral yardstick changed during his internment.

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