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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author of the first document head?
(a) Einsatzgruppe D.
(b) Einsatzgruppe B.
(c) Einsatzgruppe C.
(d) Einsatzgruppe A.

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

3. What government instigated an anti-Semitic politic in Kaunas in 1940?
(a) The Nazi government.
(b) The elected president office.
(c) The Royal government.
(d) The Soviet government.

4. When did the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" write his diary?
(a) During the war.
(b) In 1933.
(c) During the 20's.
(d) After the war.

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

6. What did some believe the executioners were forced to chose between?
(a) Being an executioner or being fired from the army.
(b) Being an executioner or being sent to the front.
(c) Being a victim or an executioner.
(d) Being an executioner or going to prison.

7. Who committed the mass murders described by Johannes Blaskowitz?
(a) Prisoners of war.
(b) The Wehrmacht.
(c) Local civilians.
(d) The S.S.

8. What did the statements forming "Quite happy to take part in shootings" reveal?
(a) Only civilians were punished for refusing to participate in mass killings.
(b) Only soldiers were punished for refusing to participate in mass killings.
(c) Punishment for refusing to participate in mass murder was harsh.
(d) No punishment was incurred by those refusing to participate in mass killings.

9. Why did the German government allow Lithuanians to mass murder Jews?
(a) Because they didn't know about it.
(b) Because it was politically preferable to doing it themselves.
(c) Because the Lithuanians asked permission.
(d) Because they arrived too late to prevent it.

10. What was the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" convicted of after the war?
(a) Crimes against humanity.
(b) Murder.
(c) War crimes.
(d) Accessory to murder.

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

12. Who did the Lithuanians blame for the foreign occupation of their country?
(a) The Jews.
(b) The Nazi party of Lithuania.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Communists.

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

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

15. What did the Auschwitz doctor extract from living patients?
(a) The appendix.
(b) Information.
(c) The teeth.
(d) Organ tissue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were those who wrote "Pushed to their psychological limits" part of?

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

3. What food did the doctors in Auschwitz like in the camp?

4. What punishment do some mistakenly say soldiers who refused to participate in mass killings were subjected to?

5. Who was the mistress of the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews"?

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