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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 was the Nazi government concerned about regarding institutionalized murder, according to "The brutalization of precious German Manpower"?
(a) The speed of the process.
(b) The efficiency of the process.
(c) That it was dehumanizing to the soldiers involved in it.
(d) How long they would have before the machine can be operational.

2. What does the account of the Babi Yar ravine massacre note wandered into villages in the day following the massacre?
(a) Drunk S.S. soldiers.
(b) Victims that unearthed themselves.
(c) Crying soldiers.
(d) Dogs with body parts.

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

4. What was the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" sentenced to for his crimes?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) Death.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 15 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How were some Jewish executions organized according to "Execution as popular entertainment"?

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

3. What does the "Introduction" provide a concise review of?

4. What period of history does the majority of The Good Old Days deal with?

5. What followed in some instances of a soldier refusing to participate in mass killing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some problems regarding the gas vans?

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

3. What did a customs official say regarding the organization of the murders in Vinnitsa and Brailov?

4. What did the statements given by police, government officials, members of the SS, and Einsatzgruppen all agree on?

5. What did Landau formally state regarding Jewish children in comparison to his own?

6. What did the statements in "Quite happy to take part in shootings" collectively demonstrate about individual participation in the Holocaust?

7. What concern did the German government have regarding German soldiers during the war?

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

9. Who was Oberst and what did he recount?

10. Who was the cycle unit that participated in mass killing of Jews supported by?

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