Does anyone have all of the answers for the assessment questions to the common lit article “Introduction to the Holocaust”? *Wor
th 50 points* 1. PART A: What is the central idea of the text?
A. German Nazis killed millions of Jews and other minorities during the Holocaust.
B. Nazi Germany used the Holocaust to force people not born in the country to leave.
C. Nazi Germany first targeted political objectors to maintain order during the Holocaust.
D. German Nazis primarily persecuted citizens who they believed could overthrow them.
2. PART B: Which quote from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “the Jewish population of Europe stood at over nine million. Most European Jews lived in countries that Nazi Germany would occupy or influence during World War II.”
B. “German police officials targeted thousands of political opponents... and religious dissidents”
C. “Nazi German authorities deported millions of Jews... to ghettos and to killing centers, often called extermination camps, where they were murdered in specially developed gassing facilities”
D. “Between 1948 and 1951, almost 700,000 Jews emigrated to Israel, including 136,000 Jewish displaced persons from Europe.”
3. What is the meaning of “deplorable” in paragraph 5?
A. horrible
B. mysterious
C. ordinary
D. uncomfortable
4. How does paragraph 5 contribute to the discussion of the Holocaust in the text?
A. It suggests that Jewish people were not the primary targets of the Holocaust.
B. It provides information about why Jewish people were persecuted during the Holocaust.
C. It suggests that the world will never know all of the people who were affected by the Holocaust.
D. It highlights the extent of the Nazi regime's persecution and violence against many groups of people
5. PART A: What does the word “concentrate” most closely mean as it is used in paragraph 8?
A. focus
B. gather
C. protect
D. punish
6. PART B: Which phrase from paragraph 8best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “monitor the Jewish population”
B. “deportation of the Jews”
C. “keep Jews grouped closely together”
D. “numerous forced-labor camps”
7. Over time, groups that were targeted by the Nazi regime were —
A. placed on a ship and sent to America.
B. asked to hide and change their identity.
C. discriminated against and eventually killed.
D. slowly accepted back into society by the Nazi regime.
8. How does the conclusion contribute to the overall text? (Paragraphs 11-14)
A. It discusses how the Holocaust ended and its lasting effects.
B. It discusses how victims of the Holocaust were able to get justice.
C. It explains why a tragedy like the Holocaust could never happen again.
D. It emphasizes that experts will never have an accurate death toll of the Holocaust.
9. Which of the following describes the author’s purpose in the text?
A. To contemplate why the Holocaust occurred
B. To provide a summary of the events of the Holocaust
C. To show how the Holocaust has shaped modern Germany
D. to criticize the United States for not stopping the Holocaust sooner
The way in which the public can be involved in nation building through sport is when they solely support the representative of their country. However, this will impede if they don’t support their own representative instead, they support others. They will not wear their country’s honor with pride.
