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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quite happy to take part in shootings.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the third method used by Nazis to kill Jews?
(a) Death camps.
(b) Gas vans.
(c) Gas planes.
(d) Shooting.

3. Who wrote the reports whose extracts form "Quite happy to take part in shootings"?
(a) S.A. officers.
(b) Polish civilians.
(c) Russian prisoners of war.
(d) Police officers, government officials, SS and members of Einsatzgruppen.

4. 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) Those who participated in mass killing had a choice.
(c) Only soldiers participated in mass killings.
(d) That those who participated were forced to do so.

5. What did the Babi Yar Massacre teach the Nazis?
(a) That the methods of execution were inefficient.
(b) That Jews could resist.
(c) That civilians were a liability.
(d) That Ukrainian civilians were willing to help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What inconvenience did people not wanting to participate in mass killing endure?

2. What method of execution followed shooting the victims while waiting for the industrial solutions to be put in place?

3. What did the Auschwitz doctor extract from living patients?

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

5. What was the Nazi government's concern regarding the German executioners?

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