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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 - 22 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ordered the expansion of the Auschwitz death camp?
(a) Heinrich Himmler.
(b) Manfred von Richthofen.
(c) Anton Blum.
(d) Ernst von Rath.

2. How many apartments were there in the ghetto of Warsaw after the Nazis overtook Poland in 1939?
(a) 27,000.
(b) 32,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 15,000.

3. What word in German refers to lower-class citizens, as used by the Nazis?
(a) Hitlerjugend.
(b) Untermenschen.
(c) Blitzkrieg.
(d) Luftwaffe.

4. On what date did Hitler's final, all-out attack on U.S. troops take place in the Ardennes Forest of Luxembourg?
(a) December 15, 1944.
(b) October 22, 1942.
(c) July 20, 1944.
(d) April 13, 1943.

5. Who did Herschel Grynszpan shoot at the German Embassy in Paris in retaliation for his father being shipped back to Poland?
(a) Reinhard Heydrich.
(b) Ernst von Rath.
(c) Heinrich Himmler.
(d) Anton Blum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many boys did Alfons Heck take charge of with his promotion to the position of Gefolgschaftsfuher?

2. What were Nazi Storm Troopers called?

3. What was the Red Baron's name?

4. How many people died in the Christmas Eve air attack on Wittlich in 1944?

5. Where was author Kurt Vonnegut held as a prisoner of war during WWII?

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