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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pushed to their psychological limits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did a soldier have to overcome while killing the Jewish prisoners?
(a) Joy.
(b) Reticence.
(c) Enthusiasm.
(d) Fear.

2. What does "'Bloody Wednesday' in Olkusz/Ilkenau" describe?
(a) The hiding of a Jewish family.
(b) The murder of two German soldiers.
(c) The murder and beating of the Jews of Olksusz.
(d) The killing of 2,500 Polish soldiers.

3. What often happened during the mass shooting of Jews?
(a) Men tried to bargain for their life.
(b) Some tried to overpower the guards.
(c) Parents killed their children.
(d) Local people came to watch.

4. Who wrote the "Foreword" of The Good Old Days?
(a) Karl Hamster.
(b) Lord Dacre of Glanton.
(c) Ruth Eglemann.
(d) Hermer Smith.

5. What did the author of "Notes of Eastern Territories Commander, Johannes Blaskowitz" complain about?
(a) The disorganization of the mass murder of Jews and Poles.
(b) His pay.
(c) The cleaning duties assigned to him.
(d) The number of Jews killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the first extermination camp open?

2. Where did the battalion deploy described in the third document of "The brutalization of precious German Manpower"?

3. What does the account of the Babi Yar ravine massacre note wandered into villages in the day following the massacre?

4. What are the three documents about presented in "Pushed to their psychological limits"?

5. What government instigated an anti-Semitic politic in Kaunas in 1940?

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