Quiz for Document Project 30: Primo Levi: Remembering the Holocaust

1. Question

   Abraham Bomba’s account (see Document 30.1) provides evidence of the

   A.

   underlying motives behind Nazi efforts to exterminate the Jews.

   B.

   participation of German civilians in genocide.

   C.

   size and scope of the Holocaust.

   D.

   forced participation of Jews in the death camp extermination process.

   Correct: The answer is d. Bomba was forced to participate in the preparation of Jewish women for execution in the gas chambers.

   Incorrect: The answer is d. Bomba was forced to participate in the preparation of Jewish women for execution in the gas chambers.

   Abraham Bomba’s account (see Document 30.1) provides evidence of the

2. Question

   Dorotka Goldstein Roth’s account (see Document 30.2) suggests that the Nazis

   A.

   had less control over the concentration camps than is commonly assumed.

   B.

   recognized certain limits on how brutally camp inmates could be treated.

   C.

   responded to any show of resistance with the cruelest possible punishments.

   D.

   exercised more restraint with female prisoners than male prisoners.

   Correct: The answer is c. The collective punishment of female inmates, as described by Roth, was designed to inflict the greatest possible psychological pain on its victims.

   Incorrect: The answer is c. The collective punishment of female inmates, as described by Roth, was designed to inflict the greatest possible psychological pain on its victims.

   Dorotka Goldstein Roth’s account (see Document 30.2) suggests that the Nazis

3. Question

   Leo Schneiderman’s account (see Document 30.3) provides evidence of the

   A.

   willingness of non-Jewish Poles to participate in the Holocaust.

   B.

   nature of the “selection” process that took place when new inmates arrived at Auschwitz.

   C.

   number of people who were killed each day at Auschwitz.

   D.

   diversion of resources by the Germans from the army to the death camps.

   Correct: The answer is b. Schneiderman described the separation from his mother, as he was sent to the labor camp and she was sent to the gas chambers.

   Incorrect: The answer is b. Schneiderman described the separation from his mother, as he was sent to the labor camp and she was sent to the gas chambers.

   Leo Schneiderman’s account (see Document 30.3) provides evidence of the

4. Question

   Ruth Webber’s account (see Document 30.4)

   A.

   suggests the lengths the Nazis were willing to go to limit and suppress acts of Jewish resistance.

   B.

   provides evidence of the differences between labor and death camps.

   C.

   demonstrates that successful resistance and escape was possible.

   D.

   underscores the diversity of the peoples targeted by the Nazis for death.

   Correct: The answer is a. The intent of punishments like the one Ruth Webber described was to discourage all Jews from aiding or participating in resistance.

   Incorrect: The answer is a. The intent of punishments like the one Ruth Webber described was to discourage all Jews from aiding or participating in resistance

   Ruth Webber’s account (see Document 30.4)