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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. According to Stangl who invented the "system" of nakedness, whippings and 'cattle pens' to exterminate the Jews efficiently?

2. What is Stangl's birth month and day?

3. In what year did Stangl say he escaped from prison?

4. Who as former administrative director of T4 implied that men more inferior than Germans volunteered for "Aktion T4" and "Aktion Reinhardt?"

5. When Stangl traveled to his mother at the end of the war, she was in a town called Ebernsee, near _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Otto Horn's role in Treblinka?

2. How did Hubert Pfoch manage to get pictures of Treblinka transports later used as evidence in the trial of ten guards?

3. How did Stangl respond upon the author's return in June and who did the author bring with her this time?

4. How did T4 psychiatrists view western Jews in relation to exterminating them?

5. What happened to Glazar's two step-brothers from his mother's remarriage?

6. How did Stangl describe his arrival at Treblinka?

7. Why did Stangl's wife make a weekly six hour round trip by train between Wels and Glasenbach?

8. Why was Stangl's wife shocked by Father Mario's response to her talk about her husband under confessional?

9. How did T4 psychiatrists view eastern Jews in relation to exterminating them?

10. Why did Glazar describe the Nazi death camps as the "perfect machine?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Stangl described the killings and daily operations at the camps he oversaw, Sereny pointed out that she noticed the emergence of two Stangl identities. At several points in the biography Sereny observed that Stangl was one person when he was doing normal things and then another person when performing his "duties." Explain this dual personality as detailed in the book and then provide specific examples of each personality as observed or documented in the book.

Essay Topic 2

In initial interviews Stangl talked about his life in Austria with his parents, his new career, and the changing political atmosphere of his country as the 1938 invasion approached. What was going on in Stangl's life? How did he seem to interact with his parents? Co-workers? His new wife? How did these interactions shed light on Stangl the man?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the similarities and differences between Extermination and Concentration camps for Jews. Discuss layouts, length of time before typically closing a site, daily operations, survival rates, workers, etc.

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