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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Schindler refer to Goeth in Chapter 20?
(a) As an executioner.
(b) As a lunatic.
(c) As a power-hungry madman.
(d) As a cunning planner.

2. What does Jereth point out to Schindler regarding the "wasteland" behind Jereth's factory?
(a) The typical route of the Oberfuhrer through the alley between their two factories.
(b) That with enough paperwork, you can "alienate" some of your product.
(c) The increase in movement of Jews through Cracow.
(d) That these days, bribing the SS is the most efficient way to do business.

3. How many women did Schindler estimate were to live in each barracks in Plaszow?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 150.
(d) 225.

4. In Chapter 11, who does Schindler name as the plant manager of DEF?
(a) Abraham Bankier.
(b) Symche Spira.
(c) Alexander Bibertstein.
(d) Julius Madritsch.

5. In Chapter 7, Itzhak Stern visits Schindler to tell him that a family was spreading stories about Schindler. How does Keneally refer to this family?
(a) The 5 Spitzes.
(b) The Arbberg Clan.
(c) The Rosenzweigs, Senior and Junior.
(d) The Cs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the little girl who is brought to the Dresners prefer?

2. Who is dragging segments of huts uphill on Jerozolimska Street?

3. While the Prologue's dinner party is going on downstairs, what is happening upstairs?

4. The Judenrat was what?

5. Julius Madritsch envisioned opening a factory in Podgorze. What did he plan to manufacture there?

Short Essay Questions

1. Chapter 23 tells the story of Regina Perlman, a Jew living under forged South American papers. She goes to Schindler to beg for the transfer of her parents to Emalia. What were the risks on both sides of this transaction?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 6, Keneally describes Oskar Schindler using "portable wealth--diamonds, gold, trade goods" as the desirable currency of the day. Describe some of the "trade goods" that you think might have been used as currency or barter since much of the Jewish wealth had been confiscated.

3. Oskar eventually returns to Frankfurt, where he decides to go into industry again. What type of business does he open?

4. The funeral pyres described in Chapter 27 signal the beginning of the end for Plaszow, yet there is no description of any panic or worry on the part of the prisoners. Having read the descriptions of the prisoners to this point, explain why you think this is so.

5. In the Prologue, the prostitute with Goeth guides him up the stairs rather than toward the back of the house. Keneally refers to this as "the sorority in operation." What does he mean by that?

6. In the midst of a concentration camp, Josef Bau meets, falls in love with, and decides to marry Rebecca Tannenbaum. Based on what you know from the book to this point, why do you think Josef did this, when either of their lives could end at any moment?

7. Chapter 4 deals primarily with the SS Aktion in Kazimierz and gives some history of prior persecution of Jews. Describe one way Oskar Schindler mitigated the risks he took by warning the people in Buchheister of the coming Aktion.

8. In Chapter 1, Keneally says "For Oskar, the Thirties must have seemed a mere epilogue to his glorious mistake on the Altvater circuit in the summer of '28." What does he mean by that?

9. Unlike the secret pictures taken by Babar in Chapter 25, Raimund Titsch took rolls of photographs with Goeth's knowledge. In fact, many of them were of Goeth, as well as Goeth's girlfriend Majola. What does the fact that Goeth allowed this tell you about him?

10. What does Pfefferberg's actions in Chapter 21, when he's looking for Mila, tell you about the man?

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