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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the author met Stangl how long had he been in prison, which was mostly spent in solitary confinement?
(a) Two years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Four years.

2. According to the author, there were six institutes/facilities where gassing took place under the Euthanasia policies, but how many were operational at any given time?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

3. The Dusseldorf court sentenced Stangl to life imprisonment for co-responsibility in how many murders?
(a) 137,457.
(b) 900,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 500,000.

4. In October 1941 Stangl was sent to "clean up" what Euthanasia institute?
(a) Bernburg.
(b) Hartheim.
(c) Hadamar.
(d) Sonnenstein.

5. The SS HQ place where Stangl met SS officer Globocnik on a bench was surrounded by a large what?
(a) Park.
(b) Farm.
(c) Fence.
(d) Lake.

6. Who directed the extermination of the Jews at the four death camps?
(a) Reinhardt Heydrich.
(b) Chistian Wirth.
(c) Odilo Globocnik.
(d) Kurt Franz.

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

8. What is the name of the officer that revealed, in drunkenness, what went on at Sobibor to Stangl's wife?
(a) Miete.
(b) Hartl.
(c) Ludwig.
(d) Kurt Franz.

9. How many people survived the four Nazi death camps?
(a) 82.
(b) 97.
(c) 96.
(d) 24.

10. Between 1941 and 1944 it is estimated the Nazis killed how many Russian civilians in the first steps of their genocide of "inferior races" plans?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 7 million.
(d) 700,000.

11. Who found Stangl's wife crying, and told her they already knew what happened at Sobibor from the beginning but knew Stangl to be a decent man?
(a) Countess Chelmicki.
(b) Father Mario.
(c) Helene Eidenbock.
(d) Italian Countess.

12. Dieter Allers told the author that there were _____ Euthanasia Programme workers, all sent to Russia after the "mercy killings" stopped.
(a) 500.
(b) 97.
(c) 250.
(d) 400.

13. Stangl was born in a small town in Austria on March 26th in what year?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1903.

14. On the fourth day of interviews Stangl began talking about his travels with how many people from the "Foundation"?
(a) 20.
(b) 45.
(c) 23.
(d) 10.

15. In what year did Hitler issue his vague order to army command in Russia covering the execution of large numbers of undesirables, primarily Jews (though unstated)?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the building being used for today that Stangl describes in detail about his conversation with Globocnik on the bench?

2. What was the name of Stangl's sister-in-law?

3. Several survivors testified at Stagl's trial, but who is the one survivor whose testimony Stangl felt as a betrayal?

4. Why did Stangl think the Jews were exterminated?

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

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