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Test 2 Sample

1. Critics of Shoah felt that the documentary: a. Focused too much on Polish anti-Semitism b. Focused too little on the individuals who helped Jews c. Showed interviewees who did not know they were being interviewed d. All of the above 2. Which of the following television shows aired an episode that was an allegorical account of the Holocaust? a. The Twilight Zone b. Star Trek c. This is Your Life 3. The US theatrical preview for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) included a clip of this song, meaning let us rejoice. a. Hamalach Hagoel b. Hava Nagila c. Shvil Habricha d. Haneirot Halalu e. Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel 4. The Sorrow and the Pity was banned from television until 1981 in __________. a. France b. Germany c. Poland d. Holland 5. Claude Lanzmanns film The Shoah features primarily ________. a. historical footage b. Clips from other films c. Archival photos d. Fictional portrayals e. interviews The name of the character whose raps were inspired by Anne Frank was __________. a. Frankie Anne b. A.F.D. c. Anne B. Real d. Anne B. Frank e. Annatoldya The only voice heard in The Ambulance was that of: a. Elie Wiesel b. Joseph Goebbels c. Adolf Hitler d. Dr. Korczak e. Roman Polanski concentration

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8. Who was the only surviving member of Anne Franks family to live through the camps? a) b) c) d) Anne Frank Margot Otto Frank Peter

9. Why does Shoah begin with four minutes of text before showing any other visuals?

a. Lanzmann wants viewers to focus on the topic without distraction. b. Lanzmann wanted to save visuals of the camps for later in the film. c. He was experimenting with a new form of narrative. 10. How is justice served in the episode Deaths Head Revisited from Twilight Zone? a.The SS leader goes insane b. He is sentenced to death c. He is put in a gas chamber d. He is starved to death

11. In what year was the word Holocaust introduced to the American vocabulary? a. 2000 b. 1953 c. 1944 12. In what year was first English edition of The Diary of Anne Frank published? a. 1947 b. 1950 c. 1955 d. 1951???? 13. In which film the main character tumbled from one adventure to the next without learning much along the way. a. Night and Fog b. Europa Europa c. Shoah d. The Diary of Anne Frank 14. In spite of its overwhelming success among audiences and critics, Shoah has detractors. One of their major criticisms is that the film unfairly focuses on? a. Germans who were not anti-Semitic b. Poles who were anti-Semitic c. Famous Jews d. Polish women 15. Why did The Sorrow and the Pity create a controversy in France? a. Because of its assertion that a widespread resistance to the Nazis was a myth and its suggestion that the French liked the protection of a paternalistic state. b. Because of use of violent content and racial slurs. c. Because the audience was forced to view the film. d. Because critics accused the film of sugar-coating a difficult topic.

16. What makes Shoah unique from other Holocaust documentaries? a. It doesn't use the words "Nazi" or "Jew" b. It uses no archival footage, newsreels, or inserts of old films. c. It is only 30 minutes in length. d. It has an original score.

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The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank belongs in the genre of Holocaust movies that focuses on: a. what happened to Jewish pets during the Holocaust b. the good deeds of the many non-Jews that helped Jews avoid deportation c. the romance between Jews and non-Jews

d. "good" Nazis 18. Why did The Sorrow and the Pity create a controversy in France? a. Because of its assertion that a widespread resistance to the Nazis was a myth. b. Because of use of violent content and racial slurs. c. Because the audience was forced to view the film. d. Because critics accused the film of sugar-coating a difficult topic. 19. Which French film strongly suggests that many French people accepted or tolerated the German occupation? a. Shoah b. Night and Fog c. The Sorrow and the Pity d. None of the above 20. How was the international trailer for The Diary of Anne Frank different from the American trailer? It builds up the suspense of the film It plays up the romance in the film Portrays the film as more of an art and is more about the impact of the story instead of the actors Spoke of all the awards and good reviews from critics

a. b. c. d.

21. What is the main message behind the episode Patterns of Force from Star Trek? a. Absolute power corrupts absolutely b. Blaming the holocaust on power and not Hitler c. Focusing on anti-Semitism 22. The episode Deaths-head revisited of The Twilight Zone parallels what event in history in 1960s? a. Adolf Eichmann, a famous Nazi war criminal, had returned to Germany after escaping to South America b. Referencing to the Vietnam War and how the U.S. should not get involved c. An episode about The Bay of Pigs d. Geobbels was executed in Germany 23.What is the main theme of The Sorrow and the Pity? a. To explain the why the holocaust happened b. That the resistance was less wide spread than reported in France and a significant number of French populance welcomed German occupation c. Explain the stories of everyone who was affected during the holocaust d. Uncovering the remnants of anti-Semitism in the polish bystanders 24.In the Film Shoah Which of the following did the director use; a. Archival Footage of the camps b. News Reels of historical events c. Inserts of old films d. None of the above 25. Who was the president of the Lodz ghetto? a. Albin Michel b. Miklos Nyiszli c. Chaim Rumkowski???????????????? d. Elie Wiesel 26. What was the main cause of tension during the wedding reception in the miniseries Holocaust?

a. The grooms family was wealthy and the brides was lower class. b. The brides family was famous and the grooms family was just ordinary. c.It was an arranged marriage. d. The brides family had members in the army and the grooms family was Jewish. 27. Which film is an exciting, suspenseful, spy and resistance movie revolving around the exploits of a young Jewish woman passing herself off as a gentile during Nazi occupation of Holland during World War II? a. Europa Europa b. Black Book c. The Pianist d. David 28. Which one item of the following is false? The Holocaust has become a part of the moral landscape of American public culture. How television has presented the Holocaust, the way television works, and the way we engage with television have no distinctive power over the way Americans perceive the Holocaust. The relationship of the United States to the Holocaust is different from countries like Germany and Poland in that there are no direct connections either through population or through geography to the event. If there is one watershed event in American Holocaust television, its the airing of the miniseries called Holocaust in 1978.

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29. In Ralph Melnicks review of The Stolen Legacy of Anne Frank, which of the following arguments does he make about Franks famous entry, in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart? The passage continues to be quoted in isolation, apart from the diarists other prior acknowledgements. The emphasis put on the passage too often makes us forget that less than three weeks later such a shattering occurred when the Frank family and the others hiding in the secret annex were betrayed. c. The diary and its theatrical interpretation remain the canonical way to tell children about the Holocaust since childrens literature demands that we teach the lesson that people are really good at heart. d. All of the above. 30. In the 1950s, the television show This is Your Life featured a Holocaust survivor. Which of the following are notable characteristics of this episode? a. b. a. b. c. d. Usually the show featured a well-known celebrity or public figure; this episode was one of the only to feature an average person. This show was one of the first of its time addressing the Holocaust on popular television. The survivors story was told by other people, she did not have any input on what was to be said about her experience. All of the above.

31. Which two films that we discussed in class show examples of characters experiencing a loss of identity through hiding in plain sight? a. b. c. d. Europa Europa & Ambulance The Pianist & The Diary of Anne Frank The Aryan Couple & Caberet Europa Europa & The Aryan Couple

32. The movie The Pianist depicts the comparatively easy life of a Jewish musician in Warsaw during WW II. a. True ?? b. False 33. The following quote is from which clip shown in class? All the Dachaus must remain standing. The Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwalds, the Auschwitzes - all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the Earth into a graveyard. Into it they shoveled all of their reason, their logic, their knowledge, but worst of all their conscience. And the moment we forget this, the moment we cease to be haunted by its remembrance, then we become the gravediggers. a. Star Trek b. The Diary of Anne Frank c. The Twilight Zone d. Night and Fog 34. Which viewing selection was summed up at the end by the quote Absolute power corrupts absolutely. a. The Twilight Zone Deaths-Head Revisited b. Star Trek Patterns of Force c. Holocaust (miniseries) The Gathering Darkness d. Cabaret 35. Anne Frank hid in an attic with her family in which country? a. Netherlands b. Germany c. Poland d. Denmark 36. Night and the Fog Decree # 1 takes its name from the December 7, 1941 Decree of the Fuhrer. a. True b. False 36. Auschwitz-Birkenau was both a labor and death camp. a. True b. False 37. Of the 75,721 Jews who were deported from France, only _______ survived. a. 200 b. 5,000 c. None d. 2,500 38. In the United States, _______ is the established signifier of the Jewish genocide; in France _______ a Biblical Hebrew word meaning destruction and annihilation and the Nazis refer to the implementation as ________ a. The Final solution, La Shoah, Holocaust b. La Shoah, Holocaust, The Final Solution c. Holocaust, La Shoah, The Final Solution d. None of the above 1. 39. Who supplied the Anne Frank and her family with food and news? a. Frances Goodrich b. Miep Gies c. Millie Perkins d. None of the above 40 Anne Frank died at Bergen Belsen of Typhus a. True

b. False 41. Why didnt the old man in the film Cabaret sing along with the others? a. Hes handicapped b. He is not optimistic because hes been through these times of need and knows how things will turn out for them. c. He is Jewish and does not want to be associated with the Hitler Youth d. He had no idea that they were singing because he is hard of hearing 42. How were the kids in Ambulans killed? a. Shot by the SS b. Carbon Monoxide c. By gas in Auschwitz d. Attacked by the SS dogs 43. How was it that Solomon, the main character from Europa Europa, was able to enroll in a Hitler Youth School? a. He was adopted by an SS Officer who enrolled him. b. He gets caught pointing a gun at Russian Officers c. He helped the SS find several Germans in hiding d. He was mistaken for an Aryan and was invited to join because he resembled the perfect Aryan 44. In Star Trek-Patterns of Force, after being brought back to life John Gill says he shouldnt have interfered. At this time in America what conflict is going on that this statement could have been referring to? a. The Watts riots in Riots b. Civil Rights Movement c. Removal of the Berlin Wall d. Vietnam War

45. In Shoah how did the director connect the audience with the Holocaust? a. Showed archival footage of the concentration camps. b. Spoke with survivors of the Holocaust at the remains of the concentration camps. c. Panned shots showing up close the incinerators and the open toilets one by one. d. All of these. 46. What happen to Anne Frank? a. Died of typhus b. Put to death at Auschwitz c. Lived and wrote a book d. Was liberated from Auschwitz but later died 47. On whom does the Sorrow and the Pity focus? a. The Jews b. The Nazi c. French people d. Polish people 48. What happens in the experimental film Ambulance? a. A symbol for help was turned into a symbol for death b. An ambulance was turned into a mobile gas chamber c. An orphanage and their guardian where forced to die d. All of the above 49 Night and Fog avoids direct mention that the primary victims of the camps were Jews. a. True b. False 50. What is played in the beginning of the Ambulance?

a. The song Tomorrow Belongs to Us b. A recording of one of Hitlers speeches c. An ambulance siren d. a clip of a death camp 51. What did Renais and Ophuls films have in common? a. b. c. d. Both presented visual evidence of the camps but did not interview deportees. Both use clips of newsreels, newspapers, photographs and documents to explain or illustrate specific questions. Both makes those who experienced the events, the center of their investigation; showing the emotional dimension involved in recalling the past. They had nothing in common.

52. Olphus Le Chagrin et la pitie juxtaposes which two narratives? a. b. c. d. Science fiction and anecdotes. Short stories and interviews. Historical Fact and the remembered experience of such facts. Myths and true facts.

53. Which of the following is true? a. b. c. d. In Shoah, the reconstruction of the past is done purely through the verbal narratives of those being interviewed. Shoah has an investigative interview method that reminds us of LeChagrin et la pitie. In Le Chagrin et la pitie, the visual depicts the present while the voice evokes the past. Le Chagrin et la pitie is apparent in the repetitive travelling shots of the train tracks leading to the entrance of Aushwitz.

54. Define the word Shoah: a. b. c. d. A blibical Hebrew word meaning destruction and annihilation. A term used to call Jews disgusting names. An Arabic term meaning rejoice and celebration. A term used to define justice and redemption.

55. What role does The Sorrow and the Pity show women played in France during the Holocaust.? a. b. c. d. They were important for supplies and communications. They substituted for men when their husbands and sons were killed in the resistance. They were mostly unresourceful, dependent, passive, and subordinate. They were prevalent in the resistance..

56. Why was The Sorrow and the Pity so critically important? a. b. c. d. It was the only film that displayed the importance of women. It only displayed Vichy and how they collaborated with Germany. It only displayed the Resistance against Germanys Holocaust. It brought Vichy and Resistance together as parts of the same history.

57. What was the term used in class to describe Shoah?

a. b. c. d.

Talking Heads Excessive Talking Boring and Plain Action Packed

58. What was the biggest contrast shown between the European and American trailers of Anne Frank? a. b. The American trailer was seen as serious and somber while the European trailer was uplifting and hopeful. The American trailer began with a minor key instrumental and showed an innocent Anne Frank penciling absent-mindedly into her diary. The European trailer had scenes of bombs attacking the house they were hiding in and Miep picking up the diary at the end. The American trailer had much influence on famous actors playing the role, the love story and suspense. The European trailer was solemn with barely any dialogue and relied on mostly the subtitles to describe the film. They had no contrast, it was the same trailer shown everywhere.

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59. Why was The Attic (1997-1998) different from other Anne Frank films? a. b. c. d. It shows everything during the time of the war. It sees everything through the perspective of Anne Frank. It shows positive scenes such as making jam with the family, while Anne smiles at Peter. It was shown from the perspective of the protectors.

60. What did Europa Europa and The Pianist have in common? a. b. c. d. Silent Films Represents a family of Jews going into hiding. Intercultural Relationship Death/Concentration Camps

61. Which of the following is the best description of Europa Europa? a. A Jewish man refusing to leave a radio station that is airing his piano playing while bombs are being dropped, later claims to refuse to move out of his own home, then is reduced to selling his piano for money to feed the family. A boy living in Poland who flees to Russia and attends Hitler Youth Elite School, almost losing his Jewish identity in the process. Later he is captured as a Nazi only to be freed by his brother. A silent film based on a true story displaying an ambulance that is turned into a mobile gas chamber that kills off a group of children along with their teacher who ultimately knows their fate. None of the above.

b. c. d.

62. In the Twilight Zone episode Deaths Head Revised justice is said to not be fully because a. the man commits suicide b. the man goes insane and there is no suffering???????????????? c. it was all a dream d. justice was served.

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63. Which of the following film clips viewed in class about The Diary of Anne Frank is considered to be closest to the original play.

a. Anne Frank in the Hood b. The Japanese animated version c. the 2009 version of The Diary of Anne Frank d. The 1959 U.S. version of The Diary of Anne Frank 64. What film features a young blue eyed blond haired soldier singing Tomorrow a. Cabaret b. Holocaust c. The Darkness Gathering d. Ambalia 65. .Which of the following about the film Shoah is false? a. The director interviewed his subjects mostly at a World War II museum. b. The director didnt show his respect for his subjects. c. The film unfairly focuses on Poles who were anti-Semitic. d. The film was edited from 350 hours of interviews. 66. In the film The Attic Otto receives mail that? a. tells him who turned him and in family in. b. His daughters have died in the camps. c. They found his wife. d. His family is coming home.

belongs to us?

67. Why does Cynthia Orzick believe that it would have been better if Anne Franks diary had never been found? a. b. c. d. It was poorly translated. People cannot agree on what it says and what it means. Annes Jewish faith is overemphasized. The diary has become too big a phenomenon.

?????????????68. How has Anne Franks voice been lost in the works based on her diary? a. b. c. d. They overemphasize her adolescent crush on Peter. They put her forward as a voice for Jewish youth. They universalize her suffering into an American moral lesson. They allow other voices to speak.

69. What distinguishes the American relationship to the Holocaust from that found in other countries? a. b. c. d. Americans have a firsthand relationship with the Holocaust. Americans have a mediated relationship with the Holocaust Americans approach the Holocaust as a historical problem to be solved. None of these

70. How were Holocaust survivors labeled in the early days after the war? a. b. c. d. As victims As Jews As refugees As Israelis

71. Jeffrey Shandler sees the miniseries Holocaust as

a. b. c. d.

A travesty of good taste An error in judgment on the part of its director A watershed event in Holocaust television An aesthetic triumph

72. What is one of the criticisms of the miniseries Holocaust? a. b. c. d. It is overly complex and ironic. It is too long and drawn obscure. It is sentimental and banal. It is upbeat and uplifting.

73. What is one striking result of the exposure of the Holocaust on American television? a. b. c. d. It has heightened the way Americans see other atrocities. It dulls American sensitivity to foreign atrocities. It has raised awareness of Western European politics. None of these.

74. The Anne Frank Foundation refused to grant the rights to the text of the diary to the producers of Anne Frank: The Whole Story (Robert Dornhelm, 2001) because the film: a. Implicated a specific person for turning in the Franks to authorities. b. They did not pay for the rights to use the book. c. They granted the rights but only after changes were made in the film. 75. The comment from Annes diary when she says I never utter my real feelings about anything. The cheerful Anne laughs about it, gives cheeky answers, shrugs her shoulders indifferently, behaves as if she doesnt care. the quiet Annes reactions are just the opposite is captured best by which version of her life? a. The 1959 George Stevens version based on the play. b. The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank. c. The 2009 Masterpiece Theatre version by Jon Jones. d. The 2001 version Anne Frank: The Whole Story. 76. How does Black Book begin and end? a. In a farmhouse in Holland. b. On a kibbutz in Israel. c. In America. d. At a war criminal trial. 77. The film David ends with a. David finding his brother from whom he was separated during the war. b. David arriving in Palestine. c. David being deported to Auschwitz. d. David reuniting with his mother and father. 78. The opening scene in Shoah shows a. A wedding between a non-Jewish German and Jewish German b. A camera tracking along a path in present day Auschwitz

c. A man singing seen from a distance as he sings in a boat floating down a river. d. An interview with two farmers in their field. 79. What movies sole purpose was to frighten viewers into believing the Jews were trying to take over the world? a. Europa Europa b. Life Is Beautiful c. The Victim d. The Eternal Jew 80. In a social realism based film, the ending typically ends on a depressing note. a. True b. False 81. Which of these films is an example of a Nazi propaganda film? a. You Nazty Spy! b. To Be Or Not To Be c. Triumph of the Will d. The Great Dictator 82. Leni Riefenstahl made the film Triumph of the Will to expose the horrors of Hitler and the Holocaust. a. True b. False 83. In Life Is Beautiful what did the actor mockingly use to prove to the children that his race is superior? a. Facial Measurements b. His beauty, blond hair and blue eyes c. The fact that he is German/Arian d. His belly button, ears like fine china, and dancing hips 84. The Sacrifice/Victim is about a. Death camps b. The disabled c. Jews d. Germany after WWI 85. After the Wannsee Conference, the plan to exterminate the Jew's was... a. stayed the same b. was lowered c. intensified d. was given up 86. Jewish resistance did occur. Jews who escaped the ghettos and camps joined partisan groups where they engaged in all aspects of guerilla warfare against the Germans. a.True b. False 87. The number of Jews killed by the Germans in the Holocaust cannot be precisely calculated. Various historians, however, have provided estimates which range between ________to________. a. 4,204,000 to 7,000,000 Jews b. 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 Jews c. 750,000 to 900,000 Jews d. 5% to 15% of Jewish population 88. The ghettos usually consisted of a Jewish council who would decide on who went to concentration camps and who did not. Which one of these concepts would best fit this ironic situation? a. Sacrifice some to save many b. The Survival of the Fittest c. The Golden Rule d. None of the above 89. What did the Nuremburg Laws state? a. Jews were no longer German citizens. b. Jews could be German citizens as long as they would give up being Jewish and side with the Nazis. c. Both A and B. d. Neither of the above.

90. Early discrimination of Jews during the Third Reich is most similar to what US historical reference? a. Women's Rights b. Jim Crow Laws c. Illegal Immigration d. The Civil War 91. The science of __________ was used to explain Jewish racial inferiority: a. Oppenheimer b. Einstein c. Darwin d. Genealogy 92. Adolf Hitler and Josef Goebbels were found guilty after the war and executed. a. True b. False 93. What is the film Inglourious Basterds about? a. It is a fantasy that shows what people wished what would have happened b. It is an action film that shows the meaning of the phrase An eye for an eye c. It is a self-reflexive film about the making of films. d. All of the above 94. Why was the Euthanasia program officially shut down? a. Protests from families and churches b. Riots c. Not enough funding d. Not enough resources 95. Which event/battle caused the Nazis to accelerate the killings of the Jews because the Germans realized the war would be lost? a. The Battle of the Bulge b. Invasion of Normandy D-Day) c. The Battle of Stalingrad d. The Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

96. The Evian Conference was convened to: a. Decide how to best put Nazi war criminals on trial b. Decide what to do with the increasing number of Jews wishing to emigrate c. Strategize the Ally attacks and liberate the concentration camps d. Cover up the mass killings of the Jews from the rest of the world 97. A pogrom is: a. An organized killing or persecution of a group of people b. An efficient method for disposing of large numbers of bodies c. A prejudice against a group of people or ethnicity d. A relationship between the business owners (capitalists) and the Nazi Leaders resulting in large profits 98. The Jewish Councils were composed of Jews appointed by Germans to maintain law and order in the ghettos and also to fulfill quotas of Jews to be sent to the death camps. a. True b. False 99. Jews, Gypsies, Socialist, Jehovahs Witnesses, homosexuals, and disabled persons were all persecuted by the Nazis. a. True b. False 100. Which movies are satires of the Nazis belief in the Aryan race? a. Europa, Europa and The Eternal Jew b. The Eternal Jew and The Victim c. Life is Beautiful and Europa, Europa d. The Stranger and Jew Suss 101. The effect of The Eternal Jew relies partly on: a. True memories of the past b. False memories of the past c. Constructing a positive role for the Jews who fought in WWI d. Accepting blame for Germanys defeat 102. What objections did critics have to the books that Benjamin Wilkomirski and Rigoberta Menchu wrote? a. The events in their books were a complete fabrication. b. The events in their books were true but did not actually occur to them. c. The books were the authors way of reconstructing their memories from personal experiences. d. The books trivialized traumatic events. 103. Why do we remember things that we never experienced? a. So that we can look cool. b. So that we can say I was there. c. So that we can start to identify as group members with a collective past. d. Both B and C. 104. The Nazis made roughly _____ films from 1933-45, ____ of them were overtly propaganda. a. 1100, many b. 1100, few c. 2500, all d. 2500, many 105. Why did the Evian Conference Fail? a. Germans bombed the location b. None of the participating countries wanted to liberalize its migration laws c. Protests by the Red Cross and Catholic Church d. None of the above 106. Who hoped to convert Jews to his beliefs, but turned against them when they did not? a. Adolf Hitler b. Martin Luther c. Pope Pious XII d. Lawrence of Arabia

107. What does the film Inglourious Basterds, directed by Quentin Tarantino, provides us with? a. A true story b. A satiric movie making fun of the Jews c. An alternate history in which the victims of the Holocaust achieve justice and revenge d. A movie to show how the Nazis avenged themselves against America 108. When did Adolf Hitler come to power? a. 1924 b. 1933 c. 1938 d. 1945 109. Which of the following countries had no quota for Jewish immigrants a. USA b. Great Britain c. China d France 110. According to R. Reimers and C. Reimers brief entry on Jud S; what was Jud S meant to fortify? a. It did not fortify anything. b. That Nazi propaganda had little or nothing to do with the feelings of the German population. c. Already anti-Semitic feelings among the population and the prevailing anti-Jewish policies of the government. d. None of the above.

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