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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to corpses?

2. What does Levi think of the theory that mankind cannot do without conflict?

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

4. What does Levi correspond with H.L. about?

5. According to Levi, which of these factors did NOT play a role in the Nazi violence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which types of professionals were allowed to practice their trade in the lagers?

2. What was special about Mala Zimetbaum?

3. What did the roll call drills reinforce in the prisoners?

4. Why were prisoners ordered to take their valuables with them on their journey to the lager?

5. Summarize Levi's response to Dr. T.H. of Hamburg.

6. Why do the stories of survivors become less important to passing generations?

7. What did Levi learn through the study of chemistry?

8. What is Levi's explanation for why Jews did not try to escape?

9. How does Levi explain the stereotype of rebellion?

10. List some examples of the violence that stems from World War II.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What would you have done if you were recruited to be a sonderkommando? How do you think you would have handled being in that situation?

Essay Topic 2

From a Nazi perspective, discuss the reasons why the lagers were a necessary part of the war.

Essay Topic 3

Levi states that victims and oppressors are both tormented by memories.

Part 1: Explain the kinds of memories that the victims might have and why these memories are difficult, even forty years after the fact.

Part 2: Explain why and how oppressors tend to hide from memories of their past actions.

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