Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil Quizzes

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil Quiz

1 For what publication did Hannah Arendt originally write Eichmann in Jerusalem?
The New Yorker

New York Magazine

The New York Post

US Weekly
2 Where did the Eichmann trial take place?
Jerusalem

New York City

Paris

Berlin
3 Who was Adolf Eichmann?
The leader of the Nazi party.

A field marshal in the Nazi party.

A high-ranking Nazi charged with transporting Jews to concentration camps.

The Nazi who designed the concentration camps.
4 Who were the Nazis?
A totalitarian, genocidal political party in Germany.

A military group that took over Germany.

An affiliation of trade organisations that coalesced into a political party.

The party that ruled Soviet Russia.
5 In what year did Adolf Eichmann's trial take place?
1961

1946

1951

1971
6 What philosopher had an enormous intellectual influence on Arendt's work?
Renée Descartes

Martin Heidegger

Theodor Adorno

Jean Paul Sartre
7 How many judges presided over Eichmann's trial?
Five

Three

Four

One
8 Who was the presiding judge?
Gideon Hausner

Dr. Servatius

David Ben-Gurion

Moshe Landau
9 Who was the Prime Minister of Israel during the time of the trial?
Dr. Servatius

Moshe Landau

Gideon Hausner

David Ben-Gurion
10 What does Arendt respect most in the presiding judge?
His instance on making moral speeches.

His insistence on keeping the trial running according to legal procedure.

His life-long opposition to Nazism.

His impressive legal credentials.
11 In what important way does Eichmann's trial differ from the Nuremberg trials?
Eichmann is being charged with crimes against the Jewish people, not crimes against humanity.

Eichmann is innocent of the crimes of which he is being accused.

Eichmann's trial is conducted by a civilian court, the Nuremberg trials by a military tribunal.

Eichmann is being charged with crimes against humanity, not crimes against the Jewish people.
12 What claim does Gideon Hausner repeatedly make about the prosecution?
That only Jews can stand in judgment over Eichmann.

That a Jewish prosecution is too biased to judge Eichmann fairly.

That the judgment of Eichmann's prosecutors is irrelevant.

That Eichmann would best be tried by an international criminal court.
13 Who is the intended "audience" for Eichmann's trial?
European Jews.

Holocaust survivors.

Elderly Jewish people.

Young people and Jews unconvinced by Israel's need to exist.
14 What similarity between Israel and Nazi Germany does Arendt note?
Their propagandistic use of classical culture.

The illegality of interfaith/interracial marriage.

Their expansionist foreign policies.

The centrality of armament to their economies.
15 In what way does testimony at Eichman's trial differ from a typical trial?
Eichmann's trial gives more weight to the perpetrators than the victims.

Eichmann's trial gives much more weight to the victims than the perpetrator.

Eichmann's trial has no testimony, because it is too emotionally charged.

Eichmann's trial has no testimony, only statements given to examiners.
16 What does Eichmann's defense attorney fail to do, according to Arendt?
Establish his credentials as a lawyer.

Attempt to present his client in a favorable light.

Appear to defend Eichmann in person.

Challenge the relevance of the testimony.
17 Why does Arendt believe that the trial's desire to show the influence of anti-Semitism is misguided?
Because, for the time being, anti-Semitism has been discredited by Hitler.

Because anti-Semitism is already illegal in every European country.

Because EIchmann is too charismatic.

Because convinced anti-Semites will never change their minds.
18 Does the trial successfully show Jewish strength, in Arendt's view?
No, since testimony about Jewish resistance has been deemed too propagandistic by the judges.

No, since the testimony describes Jewish people going to their deaths willingly.

Yes, since it shows that the Jewish people can survive the worst humanity visits upon them.

Yes, since there are many stories of Jewish resistance in the face of impossible odds.
19 What positive effect did Eichmann's trial have, according to Arendt?
It brought about reconciliation between Israel and West Germany.

It made West Germany account fully for the ex-Nazis still working in their government.

It showed the world the errors of Nazism.

It pushed West Germany to find other ex-Nazis living in plain sight.
20 To which organization did Eichmann belong?
The S.S.

The German Army

The S.A.

The Freemasons
21 How does Eichmann plead at his trial?
No contest.

Not guilty.

Guilty.

Not guilty—in the sense of the indictment.
22 How does Eichmann feel about having shipped millions of people to their deaths?
He feels guilt now and again, but forces himself not to think about the consequences of his actions.

He feels no remorse, and is glad to have done his duty.

He is wracked with guilt.

He is in a state of existential turmoil at having no orders to follow.
23 What diagnosis does the court psychiatrist give to Eichmann?
That he suffers from psychosis.

That he suffers from delusions of grandeur.

That he suffers from bi-polar disorder.

That he is completely normal.
24 In what part of Germany was Eichmann born?
Prussia

Saxony

Bavaria

The Rhineland
25 For what product was the Rhineland known in Eichmann's time?
Textiles

Coal

Precision cutlery

Automobiles

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