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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the "Foreword" provide the reader with?
(a) Maps.
(b) A warning about harsh depictions of violence.
(c) Short historical background.
(d) An index to the images.

2. What time period does the third document of "The brutalization of precious German Manpower" cover?
(a) May to September 1941.
(b) June to September 1942.
(c) June to October 1941.
(d) June to September 1941.

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

4. What did the Babi Yar Massacre teach the Nazis?
(a) That Jews could resist.
(b) That Ukrainian civilians were willing to help.
(c) That civilians were a liability.
(d) That the methods of execution were inefficient.

5. What does "'Bloody Wednesday' in Olkusz/Ilkenau" describe?
(a) The hiding of a Jewish family.
(b) The killing of 2,500 Polish soldiers.
(c) The murder of two German soldiers.
(d) The murder and beating of the Jews of Olksusz.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who committed the mass murders described by Johannes Blaskowitz?

3. Where were the Jews murdered by the unit held in the third document?

4. How many Jews were killed in the events described by Johannes Blaskowitz?

5. What is one of the most widely believed myths about the Holocaust according to "Quite happy to take part in shootings"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" an excerpt of?

2. What does the Report marked "Secret Reich Business" contain?

3. How did the Wehrmacht lose local popularity?

4. What problematic juxtaposition was posed regarding organ tissue in the "Introduction"?

5. What was the myth examined in "Quite happy to take part in shootings"?

6. Who was Oberst and what did he recount?

7. Who wrote the "Foreword" and what does the writer discuss?

8. What was noted in a few instances of those who refused to participate in mass killings?

9. What were Jews made to do during the executions at the Babi Yar ravine?

10. What was a bizarre note of concern regarding mass executions?

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