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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 'Their soldierly conduct is exemplary'—Kulmhof (Che?mno) extermination camp in the Wartheland Reichsgau.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote "Scores of soldiers, some in bathing trunks, watching the proceedings"?
(a) Major Shulsh.
(b) Captain Smith.
(c) Major Rosler.
(d) Sergeant Rosler.

3. What type of worker did the author of the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" say were wanted?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Highly skilled Jews.
(c) Nurses.
(d) Mechanics.

4. What time period does the letters in "Letters of SS-Obersturmführer Karl Kretschmer (SK 4a)" cover?
(a) September through October 1941.
(b) September through October 1943.
(c) September through November1942.
(d) September through October 1942.

5. What did Gauleiter ask Himmler in "Gauleiter Greiser to Himmler, 19 March 1943"?
(a) Authorization to take an extended leave with some of his men.
(b) Authorization to kill more Jews.
(c) Authorization to take over the killing program in Warsaw.
(d) Authorization to retire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "The Twelve Toppers and a Little Hat" say stuck out of the ground?

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

3. What does the "Introduction" provide a concise review of?

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

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

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