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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. How were some Jewish executions organized according to "Execution as popular entertainment"?
(a) As training exercises.
(b) As examples for others.
(c) As entertainment.
(d) As a show for SS officials.

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

3. Where were the Jews murdered by the unit held in the third document?
(a) A prison.
(b) A military camp.
(c) A farm.
(d) A theater.

4. What was the third method used by Nazis to kill Jews?
(a) Shooting.
(b) Gas planes.
(c) Gas vans.
(d) Death camps.

5. What punishment do some mistakenly say soldiers who refused to participate in mass killings were subjected to?
(a) Being sent home.
(b) Being sent to the front.
(c) Being fined.
(d) Being shot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the German government allow Lithuanians to mass murder Jews?

3. When did the Babi Yar ravine massacre occur?

4. Who was the first document written about in "Each time a victim was beaten to death they started to clap"?

5. What were those who wrote "Pushed to their psychological limits" part of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What edition was the "Preface" taken from, and what does it include?

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

4. How did the Wehrmacht lose local popularity?

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

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

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

8. What does "Execution as popular entertainment" say about Jewish executions?

9. What was a bizarre note of concern regarding mass executions?

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

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