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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The New Death Factories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Auschwitz fashion?
(a) Imitating the SS through dress.
(b) A coat with pockets for "organizing".
(c) Having a shaved head to avoid lice.
(d) Wearing striped suits.

2. What happened to the women in Block 10 at Auschwitz?
(a) They were raped.
(b) They were treated fairly well.
(c) They were left to die.
(d) They were sterilized.

3. Who was the doctor in charge of the Sonderkommando hospital in Birkenau?
(a) Dr. Jacques Pach.
(b) Dr. Jean Langer.
(c) Dr. Daniel Obstbaum.
(d) Dr. Serge.

4. What did Vacek do to the prisoner who was mumbling next to Muller?
(a) Shot him at point blank range.
(b) Reported him to Schlage.
(c) Ordered him to the gas chamber.
(d) Beat him to death.

5. What did Vacek force the prisoners to do that he had pulled out of the ranks?
(a) Run, following commands, or get beaten.
(b) The work of the other prisoners.
(c) Crawl to the infirmary.
(d) 100 push ups.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the prisoners so concerned about lice?

2. How long did it take a prisoner's body to burn in the oven?

3. Who was Fischl?

4. Why did the Sonderkommandos have their own hospital?

5. What did the SS men give Filip and the others before they boarded the truck holding the dead?

(see the answer key)

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