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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. Why does Levi consider most survivors to be of the "privileged" class?
(a) They gained recognition after the lagers were liberated.
(b) They were lucky enough to live through a horrible situation.
(c) They were generally the wealthiest prisoners.
(d) They generally received more food than the people who died.

2. In what year did the tide of World War II change?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1942.

3. How often did Monowitz receive new prisoners?
(a) Frequently.
(b) Never.
(c) Hourly.
(d) Rarely.

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

5. What nationality is Primo Levi?
(a) French.
(b) Polish.
(c) Italian.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. What function did ghettos serve?

2. What does Levi think about oppressors?

3. Why did Germans need collaborators?

4. According to Levi, why did prisoners not commit suicide?

5. Which best describes historians forty years after liberation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Levi think prisoners are beyond neuroses?

2. Explain the concept of "convenient truth."

3. Briefly describe the life of Chaim Rumkowski.

4. Comment on Levi's experience with speaking/understanding German in the lager.

5. According to Levi, which memories seem to be universal?

6. Why did Alberto change his mind about consoling oneself with illusions?

7. What happeneds to people who become sonderkommandos?

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

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

10. Why do historians need to study the stories of survivors?

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