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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. Why did the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" order men to be put to death on several occasions?
(a) Because they refused to work.
(b) For fun.
(c) To make room for new slaves.
(d) Because they were communists.

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

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

4. Who was executed in "Soldiers sitting on rooftops and platforms watching the show"?
(a) Supposed saboteurs.
(b) Supposed German soldiers being murdered.
(c) Supposed Communists.
(d) Supposed terrorists.

5. When did the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" divorce his wife?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "Foreword" provide the reader with?

2. What camp were the Jews of Olkusz/Ilkenau sent to?

3. What often happened during the mass shooting of Jews?

4. What did some civilians do to victims ready to be executed?

5. What does "'Bloody Wednesday' in Olkusz/Ilkenau" describe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the "Introduction" provide a history of the development of?

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

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

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

5. What is the question of mass murder raised in the "Foreword"?

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

7. What does the material start and end with, according to the "Foreword"?

8. How did the Wehrmacht lose local popularity?

9. What did "Each time a victim was beaten to death they started to clap" examine regarding the early stages of the Holocaust?

10. What did accompanying photographs of the Babi Yar ravine show?

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