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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 'In the interest of maintaining military discipline...'—The massacre of children in Byelaya Tserkov, military chaplains and the Wehrmacht.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Babi Yar ravine massacre occur?
(a) September 29-30,1941.
(b) October 29-30, 1941.
(c) September 18-30, 1941.
(d) September 29-30, 1942.

2. What is one of the most widely believed myths about the Holocaust according to "Quite happy to take part in shootings"?
(a) Only S.S. participated in mass killings.
(b) Only soldiers participated in mass killings.
(c) Those who participated in mass killing had a choice.
(d) That those who participated were forced to do so.

3. What was the Nazi government concerned about regarding institutionalized murder, according to "The brutalization of precious German Manpower"?
(a) How long they would have before the machine can be operational.
(b) The speed of the process.
(c) The efficiency of the process.
(d) That it was dehumanizing to the soldiers involved in it.

4. How are some of the statements in "Quite happy to take part in shootings" written?
(a) Some are auto-biographical, others are biographical.
(b) They are fictional.
(c) All are auto-biographical.
(d) All are biographical.

5. What inconvenience did people not wanting to participate in mass killing endure?
(a) Loss of prestige.
(b) Being sent to the eastern front.
(c) 2 years in prison.
(d) A fine of 300 Reichmarks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the victims of some mass shooting asked to undress?

2. How many people were executed in "SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner, Sonderkommando 4a"?

3. What period of time did "'In the interest of maintaining military discipline..." cover?

4. Who weren't criminalized, according to "Quite happy to take part in shootings"?

5. How long did the children have to wait before being executed?

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