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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What camp were the Jews of Olkusz/Ilkenau sent to?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Belzec.
(c) Sobibor.
(d) Treblinka.

2. What was the rank of the man who wrote "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews"?
(a) Unterscharführer
(b) Staffelführer
(c) Blutordensträger.
(d) Obergruppenführer

3. What was the rationale behind the executions in "SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner, Sonderkommando 4a"?
(a) The supposed murdering of 20 people.
(b) The supposed murdering of 3,000 people.
(c) The supposed murdering of 2,000 people.
(d) The supposed murdering of 200 people.

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

5. How many Jewish Lithuanians were killed in June 1941?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 3,000.

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

7. What are the three documents about presented in "Pushed to their psychological limits"?
(a) Mental health of Jewish prisoners.
(b) Mental health of the prison guard.
(c) Mental health of front line soldiers.
(d) Mental health impact of mass killing on the perpetrators.

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

9. Where did the battalion deploy described in the third document of "The brutalization of precious German Manpower"?
(a) Warsaw and Minsk.
(b) Kiev and Warsaw.
(c) Rostov and Kiev.
(d) Berlin and Minsk.

10. What were those who wrote "Pushed to their psychological limits" part of?
(a) Einsatzgruppen.
(b) The Nazi Mental health institute.
(c) The Army Corp od Medicine.
(d) The S.S. medical corp.

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

12. What followed in some instances of a soldier refusing to participate in mass killing?
(a) A general promotion.
(b) General punishment.
(c) The execution of the one refusing to follow orders.
(d) A leave of absence.

13. What are the materials of The Good Old Days NOT intended to be according to the "Introduction"?
(a) Proof that the Holocaust happened.
(b) Exhaustive.
(c) Proof that the Nazis were monsters.
(d) A true account.

14. What was the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" job while he wrote his journal?
(a) Jewish slave labor organizer.
(b) Driver.
(c) Camp guard.
(d) Cook.

15. What was the Nazi government's concern regarding the German executioners?
(a) Their physical health.
(b) Their accuracy.
(c) Their mental health.
(d) Their efficiency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Scores of soldiers, some in bathing trunks, watching the proceedings"?

2. When did the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" divorce his wife?

3. What question does the "Foreword" ask about the mass murder and public perception?

4. Why did the German government allow Lithuanians to mass murder Jews?

5. How did the Death Dealer of Kaunas kill his victims?

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