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"Night" Intro & Background Quiz Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of government did the Nazis establish in 1933?

a)

Communism

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Socialism

d)

Parliamentary Democracy

2.

Created to serve as bodyguards to Hitler, this group grew in power to eventually lead Nazi intelligence, the police, and the concentration/extermination camps.

a)

Sonderkommandos

b)

Gestapo

c)

Kapos

d)

The SS

3.

Which of the following statements are true regarding the Nuremburg Race Laws of 1935? Choose ALL that apply.

a)

They identified Jews as "pure-bloods"

b)

They prohibited Jews from marrying or having relations with non-Jews

c)

They made it illegal for Jews to teach or practice medicine.

d)

They identified Jews by their religion rather than their race.

e)

They made the persecution of Jews legal

4.

Elie Wiesel worked as a...

a)

Activist

b)

Author

c)

Journalist

d)

All of the above

5.

Why did the Nazis target the Jews during the Holocaust?

a)

They wanted the Jews' property because many were wealthy business owners.

b)

Hitler grew up in a home with an overbearing, cruel, Jewish mother.

c)

The Germans saw themselves as racially superior and the Jews as inferior.

d)

All of the above.

6.

What happened during "Kristallnacht"?

a)

The Olympics kicked off in Berlin to an astounding propaganda success

b)

A fire gave Hitler the opportunity to seize power

c)

The Nazis made a plan to exterminate all Jews

d)

Nazis destroyed and looted Jewish businesses, synagogues, and homes

7.

Which of the following factors contributed to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime? Choose ALL that apply.

a)

The Germans were worried about economic depression and mass unemployment

b)

The German military forced its citizens to accept its new leaders

c)

Germans were traumatized by WWI and were looking for new leadership

d)

Hitler was able to exploit citizens' fears and distress to his own benefit

8.

In their plan for Jewish genocide, why did the Nazis opt to use gas chambers? Choose ALL that apply.

a)

They thought the gas chambers were more humane

b)

Gas chambers allowed them to hide the evidence more easily

c)

They thought it would minimize the trauma to the Nazi soldiers involved

d)

They considered other means of mass murder too slow

e)

Mass shootings and gas vans cost too much in munitions and gas

9.

Which of the Nazis was known for his cruel medical experiments on twins?

a)

Heinrich Hemmler

b)

Reinhard Heydrich

c)

Josef Mengele

d)

Herman Goerring

10.

The approximate number of European Jews murdered in the Holocaust:

a)

1 million

b)

3 million

c)

6 million

d)

11 million