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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What inconvenience did people not wanting to participate in mass killing endure?
(a) Loss of prestige.
(b) Being sent to the eastern front.
(c) 2 years in prison.
(d) A fine of 300 Reichmarks.

2. What were details of soldiers sometimes ordered to do?
(a) Prevented civilians from coming to close to the execution site.
(b) Assisted executions as spectators.
(c) Destroyed films made during executions.
(d) Took leave during executions.

3. What did the the statements forming "Quite happy to take part in shootings" show?
(a) Direct participation in the Holocaust was voluntary.
(b) People ready to save Jews.
(c) Civilians ready to hide Jews.
(d) Soldiers ready to disobey orders.

4. What did a soldier have to overcome while killing the Jewish prisoners?
(a) Fear.
(b) Reticence.
(c) Enthusiasm.
(d) Joy.

5. Where was the first extermination camp opened?
(a) Treblinka.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Belzec.
(d) Chelmno.

6. What method of execution followed shooting the victims while waiting for the industrial solutions to be put in place?
(a) Asphyxiation.
(b) Zyklon B.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Gas vans.

7. What was the rationale behind the executions in "SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner, Sonderkommando 4a"?
(a) The supposed murdering of 3,000 people.
(b) The supposed murdering of 20 people.
(c) The supposed murdering of 200 people.
(d) The supposed murdering of 2,000 people.

8. Where were the Jews murdered by the unit held in the third document?
(a) A farm.
(b) A military camp.
(c) A theater.
(d) A prison.

9. What time period does the third document of "The brutalization of precious German Manpower" cover?
(a) June to October 1941.
(b) June to September 1942.
(c) June to September 1941.
(d) May to September 1941.

10. What did the author of the first document head?
(a) Einsatzgruppe D.
(b) Einsatzgruppe B.
(c) Einsatzgruppe C.
(d) Einsatzgruppe A.

11. How many Jews died in the Babi Yar ravine massacre?
(a) 3,371.
(b) 33,771.
(c) 3,771.
(d) 371.

12. What did the German troops lose according to Johannes Blaskowitz"?
(a) Money.
(b) Two crates of weapons.
(c) Two fuel trucks.
(d) Local popularity.

13. Where did the events in "Present at the execution with heads of other authorities" take place?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Stranbeck.
(c) Bobruisk.
(d) Rostov.

14. What food did the doctors in Auschwitz like in the camp?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Cocoa.
(d) Strudel.

15. What was the rank of the man who wrote "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews"?
(a) Blutordensträger.
(b) Obergruppenführer
(c) Staffelführer
(d) Unterscharführer

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the soldiers of the motorized column when they witnessed a massacre in 'If they get their revenge, we're in for a hard time"?

2. What does the "Introduction" provide a concise review of?

3. What are the materials of The Good Old Days NOT intended to be according to the "Introduction"?

4. Who was the mistress of the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews"?

5. Where was the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" located according to his journal?

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