If This is a Man - Chapters 11-14

Ch11: Who does Levi talk to about the Canto of Ulysses?

• Wilcox, Henry

• Jean

• Jaen

• Gean

Ch11: What type of punctuation is repeated to show his difficulty in remembering the Canto?

• Ellipsis

• Semi-colon

• Question mark

• Dash

Ch11: What's the missing word in this quote: "Why not immediately, (...) the important thing is to not lose t___, not to waste this hour"

Ch11: Draw Dante's inferno

Ch12: Why does Levi say "For us, history had stopped"? What key theme of the memoir does this link to?

Ch12: Why does the Buna start to fall apart?

• The men have finally had enough and start revolting

• They are being bombed

• The Germans have lost interest in running the camp

• There's no money left coming in from the Reich

Ch12: What's the missing word: "The G_____ civilians raged with the fury of the secure man who waked up from a long dream of domination and sees his own ruin and is unable to understand it"

Ch12: Lorenzo is an Italian citizen who smuggles food and clothing to Levi at Auschwitz each day. What does Levi say was the most important part of Lorenzo's kindness?

• The material goods he smuggled to him helped him to live

• The kindness in him made him feel like there was still goodness in the world

• Their conversations helped him to process his terrible dreams

• He also smuggled love letters between Matin and Andre

Ch13: Why does Levi say he needs new words for 'tiredness', 'fear', 'pain' and 'winter'? How does this link to a key theme of the memoir?

Ch13: Pick two aspects of the 'selection' and explain what Primo Levi wants us to think about them as readers. (Don't press enter until you're done!)