An autobiographical collection by this author includes a story in which two men search for the title element for their lighter flints. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author whose stories “Cerium” and “Argon” are collected in The Periodic Table. This author also wrote the memoir If This Is a Man.
ANSWER: Primo Levi [or Primo Michele Levi]
[10e] Many of Primo Levi’s works take place during this event which serves as the setting for Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night.
ANSWER: the Holocaust [or Shoah; prompt on World War II or WWII]
[10h] Levi’s last work was this collection which includes the essays “The Memory of the Offense” and “The Gray Zone.” This book shares its title with a chapter of Levi’s If This Is a Man which contemplates the two title groups.
ANSWER: The Drowned and the Saved [or I sommersi e i salvati]
<MH, European Literature>