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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the German government use as an excuse to escalate the hatred for the Jews?
(a) Fear of the communists.
(b) Reaction to partisan sabotage.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Their wealth.

2. Where did the events in "Present at the execution with heads of other authorities" take place?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Rostov.
(c) Stranbeck.
(d) Bobruisk.

3. What name was given to those who forced Jews to enter the line up before their executioners?
(a) Quickers.
(b) Packers.
(c) Movers.
(d) Liners.

4. What was the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" involved with in his youth?
(a) The Communist party.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Nationalists.
(d) The Nazis.

5. How were the bodies of the Babi Yar ravine massacre disposed of?
(a) They were thrown in the sea.
(b) In mass graves.
(c) They were individually buried.
(d) They were burnt.

6. What happened to the Jews in German controlled territories after 1942?
(a) They were sent to death camps.
(b) They were shot to death.
(c) They were sent to Palestine.
(d) They fled to Russia.

7. Who was the first document written about in "Each time a victim was beaten to death they started to clap"?
(a) Yohanson.
(b) Smith.
(c) Yehem.
(d) Stahlecker.

8. What did some civilians do to victims ready to be executed?
(a) They beat the victims.
(b) They killed them.
(c) They left.
(d) They tried to save them.

9. How many Jews died in the Babi Yar ravine massacre?
(a) 33,771.
(b) 3,771.
(c) 371.
(d) 3,371.

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

11. What did the the statements forming "Quite happy to take part in shootings" show?
(a) Civilians ready to hide Jews.
(b) People ready to save Jews.
(c) Direct participation in the Holocaust was voluntary.
(d) Soldiers ready to disobey orders.

12. What was the first method used by Nazis to kill Jews?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Gasing.
(c) Knifing.
(d) Shooting.

13. What does The Good Old Days use to make his point?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Drawings.
(c) Texts by survivors.
(d) Juxtaposition of comments and account of atrocities.

14. Where were the Jews murdered by the unit held in the third document?
(a) A farm.
(b) A theater.
(c) A military camp.
(d) A prison.

15. When did the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" divorce his wife?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the first extermination camp opened?

3. When did the Babi Yar ravine massacre occur?

4. When did the events in "Soldiers sitting on rooftops and platforms watching the show" take place?

5. When were the first death camps opened?

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