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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author how many interview hours did she spend with Stangl?

2. In the fourth interview where does Stangl say he reported to after traveling with a group of people?

3. How far was Chelm from Sobibor?

4. How many Jews did Wirth use to "test" the gassing chamber at Sobibor?

5. Stan arrived in Sobibor and described for the author the division into how many "camps?"

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. What did the author learn about the former SS HQ when she visited the site in Lublin in March 1972?

3. What was Albert Hartl's experience while riding with Colonel Blobel?

4. What did the author mention about Hitler's new Europe from "Mein Kampf?"

5. How did Stanislaw Szmajzner become a goldsmith?

6. How did Stangl's family come to stay in Chelm for a period of time while he was working at Sobibor?

7. In the first interview what did we learn about Stangl's tour of duty?

8. What did Stangl reveal about his orders to report to T4 and his knowledge of T4's purpose?

9. How did the Nazi plans for "Final Solution" come to be during the invasion of Russia?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pope Pius XII was mostly silent on euthanasia and Jewish genocide by the Nazis. Why? Please cite personal and religious reasons. When he was no longer silent, what was the changing climate that he felt "safe" enough to issue statements of opposition for either form of genocide?

Essay Topic 2

What was Stangl's post-war life like with his family? in Damascus? Syria? Brazil?

Essay Topic 3

In the Epilogue Sereny wrote, "Social morality is contingent upon the individual's capacity to make responsible decisions, to make the fundamental choice between right and wrong;..." Based on this statement, how did individual choices by Stangl and others in the book, either erode or strengthen social morality?

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