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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. Who were the psychiatrists, professors at T4?

2. With what Gregorian University professor did the author discuss the Holy See and National Socialism?

3. Who referred to the pit full of black and blue bodies at Treblinka as "garbage."

4. What was the German term for Austria as a province of the Third Reich?

5. What is the name of the "female" doctor who assisted the doctor that took poison after Kurt Franz surprised him in possession of gold?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Stangl's wife make a weekly six hour round trip by train between Wels and Glasenbach?

2. How did Horst Munzberger try to help his father during his trial?

3. What happened to Samuel Rajzman's little girl?

4. How did Hubert Pfoch manage to get pictures of Treblinka transports later used as evidence in the trial of ten guards?

5. How did Stangl come in contact with Tchechia?

6. What was ironic to Glazar and Unger about Mannheim?

7. Who was Franciszek Zabecki?

8. How did Stangl respond upon the author's return in June and who did the author bring with her this time?

9. What happened to Glazar's two step-brothers from his mother's remarriage?

10. What was the Lazarett at Treblinka?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In initial interviews Stangl talked about his life in Austria with his parents, his new career, and the changing political atmosphere of his country as the 1938 invasion approached. What was going on in Stangl's life? How did he seem to interact with his parents? Co-workers? His new wife? How did these interactions shed light on Stangl the man?

Essay Topic 2

At one point in the book it was observed that just as the prisoners were trying to survive the camps, so were Franz Stangl and the other free men assigned to work at Treblinka. What details in the book illustrate that point, and how was this cultivation for survival reflected in their attitudes, daily operations, etc.?

Essay Topic 3

Frau Stangl wanted her husband to escape his prison situation and he was reluctant. How did this compare to earlier in the book when a man told some Jews he has in the woods he would rather they run off than get killed, but the Jews came back anyway? How did Frau Stangl convince her husband to finally leave his prison situation?

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