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

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) 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.

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

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

4. What did a soldier have to overcome while killing the Jewish prisoners?
(a) Reticence.
(b) Joy.
(c) Enthusiasm.
(d) Fear.

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

6. When did the events in "'Bloody Wednesday' in Olkusz/Ilkenau" take place?
(a) July 1942.
(b) July 1940.
(c) July 1941.
(d) June 1940.

7. Why were the victims of some mass shooting asked to undress?
(a) To make a fire.
(b) To be sure noone had a bulletproof vest.
(c) To amuse the soldiers.
(d) To reuse their clothes.

8. Who wrote "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews"?
(a) Hans Georg Schultz.
(b) Yohan Klink.
(c) Felix Landau.
(d) Markus Smith.

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

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

11. How were some Jewish executions organized according to "Execution as popular entertainment"?
(a) As examples for others.
(b) As training exercises.
(c) As a show for SS officials.
(d) As entertainment.

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

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

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

15. Who weren't criminalized, according to "Quite happy to take part in shootings"?
(a) Civilians hiding Jews.
(b) Civilians giving away Jews in hiding.
(c) Civilians killing Jews.
(d) Civilians unwilling to participate in mass killings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was executed in "Soldiers sitting on rooftops and platforms watching the show"?

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

3. How did the Lithuanians see the German invasion of their country?

4. What was the first method used by Nazis to kill Jews?

5. What do the three documents in "Pushed to their psychological limits" say victims sometimes did that was difficult for the killer to handle?

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