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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Stangl ordered to report to Berlin for instructions?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1939.

2. What was the name of the special department created to handle Hitler's private affairs and personal petitions?
(a) Fuhrer Chancellery.
(b) Reichs Chancellery.
(c) HQ Chancellery.
(d) CID.

3. In what year was the Chelmno extermination camp set up?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1939.

4. Just before a lunch break during the first interview, how long did the author listen to Stangl before telling him what she wanted from the interviews or she would not continue?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 2 1/2 hours.

5. Who took over as Sobibor Kommandant after Stangl left for Treblinka?
(a) Hartl.
(b) Suchomel.
(c) Reichleitner.
(d) Wirth.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Stangl, how many groups were he and others told were exempt from the Euthanasia "mercy killings"?

2. With whom did Stangl's wife and two kids stay overnight while traveling home from Poland?

3. According to the author, who carried out the first gassing of Germans certified as incurably insane?

4. At a camp halfway between Chelm and Sobibor, Stangl visited and found workers under whose supervision?

5. The author shared input from what two men about Stangl's conversation with Globocnik on the bench?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author describe for us about T4 and the facility used for T4 in the initial chapters of Part One of the book?

2. Why did Stangl feel betrayed by testimony at his trial from Stanislaw Szmajzner?

3. What was done in euthanasia institutes after T4 was officially stopped by Hitler?

4. With whom did the author discuss the evolution of the Euthanasia Programme?

5. Describe Stangl's interview with SS officer Globocnik before Stangl was sent to Sobibor?

6. What are a couple of early objections to euthanasia policy in German government according to the author's history of development of the program?

7. What did the Preface explain about why the author was doing this biography?

8. How did Professor Mayer end up writing the opinion about Catholic Church opposition to euthanasia?

9. Why did Stangl stop in Chelm before going on to Sobibor?

10. How did Stanislaw Szmajzner describe the Sobibor camp set-up?

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