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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Lithuanians blame for the foreign occupation of their country?

2. Who wrote "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews"?

3. When did the first extermination camp open?

4. How many people were executed in "SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner, Sonderkommando 4a"?

5. What did the local partisans around Kaunas do for the Germans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Landau provide good example of?

4. Why were the victims forced to strip naked before execution?

5. What did the Jager Report recommend?

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

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

8. What were some problems regarding the gas vans?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the note of bizarre concern and the way in which executions were haphazardly carried out.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the difference between unsanctioned and sanctioned mass murder in the eyes of the Nazis.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the historical significance and importance of understanding the Holocaust prior to reading The Good Old Days.

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