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S3 NEW quiz - eichman, arendt, milgrim

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Milgrim's electric shock experiment show?

a)

Most people will obey orders, even when it harms others.

b)

Morality is more important to people than being obedient

c)

Most people prefer social acceptance than to be correct.

d)

Conformity can lead to obedience

2.
In Milgram's study on obedience to authority, what procedure were done?
a)
The Learners took a real exam
b)
'Learners' received an electroshock from 'teachers.'
c)
Participants were paid $10 for participating
d)
A teacher taught a real student
3.
The ______ (native) was in on the Milgram experiment while the ______  (victim) was not.
a)
Teacher, Learner
b)
Learner, Teacher
4.
Milgram's studies on obedience to authority the procedures showed that
a)
the majority of the people were able to resist the experimenter's pressure to shock the 'learner.'
b)
obedience was strongly linked to the subject's background.
c)
subjects did not care about what was happening to the 'learner.'
d)
most 'teachers' delivered the maximum amount of shock to the 'learner.'
5.
The shock generator had voltage levels ranging from _________.
a)
Slight Shock to Danger Shock
b)
Slight Shock to Severe Shock
c)
Slight Shock to Danger: Severe Shock
d)
Slight to Severe
6.
Out of 40 subjects, ___ obeyed the orders of the experimenter to the end, proceeding to punish the victim.
a)
26
b)
15
c)
10
d)
31
7.

Check the boxes that describe Dietrich Bonhoeffer professionally.

a)

Pastor

b)

Musician

c)

Theologian

d)

Martyr

8.

In what Nazi Concentration Camp did Bonhoeffer lose his life?

a)

Flossinberger

b)

Floss'burg

c)

Floss-Burger

d)

Flossenbürg

9.

What year is Bonhoeffer arrested by the Gestapo?

a)

1942

b)

1943

c)

1941

d)

1944

10.

What was the codename for the plot to kill Hitler in 1944?

a)

Valkyrie

b)

Overlord

c)

Renegade

d)

Faust

11.

Rousseau believed that men were naturally born good and called this:

a)

the "state of nature"

b)

being born again

c)

general will

d)

Great Chain of Being

12.

According to Rousseau, what corrupted man?

a)

civilization

b)

sin

c)

the devil

d)

the family

13.

Who is the author of Lord of the Flies?

a)

Ernest Hemingway

b)

William Golding

c)

Ray Bradbury

d)

Albert Einstein

14.
Who believed that man is born evil & selfish, and needs to be controlled.  Life without a strong government would be nasty, brutish, and short
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
15.
What is an agreement between people and the government?
a)
Consent
b)
Natural Rights
c)
Social Contract
d)
Voting
16.
The discriminatory practice of treating racial identity as an indication of possible criminality.
a)
bigotry
b)
racial profiling
c)
scapegoat
d)
prejudice
17.
belief that certain races of people are superior to others.
a)
hate crime
b)
intolerant
c)
bias
d)
racism
18.
In what city was Eichmann apprehended?
a)
Buenos Aires
b)
Rio de Janeiro
c)
Lima
19.
The names of Auschwitz, Bosnia, Kosovo, Darfur, Armenia, and Rwanda are all examples which demonstrate that-
a)
Genocide is an evil that is not limited to one time or place
b)
After the Holocaust, people have grown more tolerant of others
c)
National leaders are now afraid to commit politically motivated murders
d)
World leaders have no tolerance for further acts of genocide 
20.
This is the name of the Nazi bureaucrat who was the subject of Hannah Arendt's book about the banality of evil
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Adolf Himmler
c)
Adolf Eichmann
d)
Martin Heidegger 
21.
Trials used to convict criminals who were in charge of the Holocaust.
a)
Nuremberg Trials
b)
Scopes Trials
22.

What does Kristallnacht mean in English

a)

night of the crystals

b)

glass night

c)

crystal night

d)

the night the glass broke

23.

When did kristallnacht happen ?

a)

before the Holocaust

b)

after the Holocaust

24.

What was the name of the assassinated German in Paris that sparked Kristallnacht in 1938?

a)

Adolf Eichmann

b)

Friedrich Bonhoeffer

c)

Ernst vom Rath

d)

Herschel Grynszpan

25.

Stanley Milgram was a psychologist who studied:

a)

family relationships

b)

memory

c)

ethics

d)

obedience to authority