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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 - 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Jews were still alive at Theresienstadt when it was liberated?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 17,000.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 7,000.

2. What does the word "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?
(a) Violent war.
(b) Hidden war.
(c) Lightning war.
(d) Underground war.

3. When did the German officer leading the attack on the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw declare "Warsaw's Jewish district is no more" (100)?
(a) May 14, 1940.
(b) October 22, 1942.
(c) May 16, 1943.
(d) April 13, 1943.

4. Where did Alfons Heck's parents and twin brother live in early 1943?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Oberhausen.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Paris.

5. How many of the 140,000 Jews living in Holland went into hiding after the Germans invaded?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Alfons Heck sent to Spang?

2. What were the three things that a German woman's life should be focused on, according to popular belief in the 1940s?

3. When did the Nazis pass a law requiring all Aryan children to join the Hitler Youth?

4. What SS official planned and staged the attack on Poland?

5. When did the Jews of the Warsaw ghetoo revolt against the Nazis?

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