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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. What is the third document in "The brutalization of precious German Manpower" an excerpt of?
(a) A field report.
(b) A biography.
(c) A book.
(d) A diary.

2. What was the first method used by Nazis to kill Jews?
(a) Knifing.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Shooting.
(d) Gasing.

3. What question does the "Foreword" ask about the mass murder and public perception?
(a) How people can watch people get killed without bombing the installations used to kill them.
(b) How mass murder could consistently be carried on in public view without opposition.
(c) How people can kill without learving significant traces.
(d) How people become evil when they start as seemingly good people.

4. What did the Babi Yar Massacre teach the Nazis?
(a) That civilians were a liability.
(b) That the methods of execution were inefficient.
(c) That Ukrainian civilians were willing to help.
(d) That Jews could resist.

5. What was the second method used by Nazis to kill Jews?
(a) Gas planes.
(b) Shooting.
(c) Gas vans.
(d) Gas chamber.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" write his diary?

2. What was the third method used by Nazis to kill Jews?

3. What did the Auschwitz doctor extract from living patients?

4. What was the Nazi government's concern regarding the German executioners?

5. What camp were the Jews of Olkusz/Ilkenau sent to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the myth examined in "Quite happy to take part in shootings"?

2. What concern did the German government have regarding German soldiers during the war?

3. What does the Report marked "Secret Reich Business" contain?

4. What does the book proper consist of according to "The brutalization of precious German manpower," and how is it divided?

5. What edition was the "Preface" taken from, and what does it include?

6. What was a bizarre note of concern regarding mass executions?

7. What did the Jager Report recommend?

8. What time period did the excerpts from the diary of a cycle battalion cover?

9. What is the question of mass murder raised in the "Foreword"?

10. What does the material start and end with, according to the "Foreword"?

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