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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 Germans who were found helping Jews escape?

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

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

4. When was Levi tempted to pray?

5. According to Levi, why were the sonderkommandos at Birkenau able to stage a rebellion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Levi consider responsible for the horrors of the lagers?

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

3. Levi considers the violence perpetrated by the Nazis to have been useless except for one thing. What was it?

4. Why does Levi think the Nazis waged a suicidal war?

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

6. Describe Jean Amery's life before he arrived in Auschwitz.

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

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

9. How does Levi explain the stereotype of rebellion?

10. What does Levi think about Amery's definition of an intellectual?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss some of the main issues regarding communication mentioned in the book. Make sure to touch on communication within the lager as well as the communication of survivors.

Essay Topic 2

"Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

1) Discuss this quote in reference to life during the Nazi era for Jews in the ghettos and lagers.

2) Discuss this quote in reference to Nazi officials and SS guards.

Essay Topic 3

Why do the Nazis need or want prisoners in the lagers to be collaborators? Discuss different kinds of collaborators and how they benefited the Nazi agenda.

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