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

The New York Post

US Weekly

New York Magazine
2 Where did the Eichmann trial take place?
Paris

Jerusalem

Berlin

New York City
3 Who was Adolf Eichmann?
A high-ranking Nazi charged with transporting Jews to concentration camps.

A field marshal in the Nazi party.

The leader of the Nazi party.

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

The party that ruled Soviet Russia.

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

A military group that took over Germany.
5 In what year did Adolf Eichmann's trial take place?
1946

1961

1971

1951
6 What philosopher had an enormous intellectual influence on Arendt's work?
Theodor Adorno

Martin Heidegger

Jean Paul Sartre

Renée Descartes
7 How many judges presided over Eichmann's trial?
One

Three

Four

Five
8 Who was the presiding judge?
Gideon Hausner

Moshe Landau

Dr. Servatius

David Ben-Gurion
9 Who was the Prime Minister of Israel during the time of the trial?
David Ben-Gurion

Moshe Landau

Dr. Servatius

Gideon Hausner
10 What does Arendt respect most in the presiding judge?
His impressive legal credentials.

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

His instance on making moral speeches.

His life-long opposition to Nazism.
11 In what important way does Eichmann's trial differ from the Nuremberg trials?
Eichmann is innocent of the crimes of which he is being accused.

Eichmann is being charged with crimes against humanity, not crimes against the Jewish people.

Eichmann is being charged with crimes against the Jewish people, not crimes against humanity.

Eichmann's trial is conducted by a civilian court, the Nuremberg trials by a military tribunal.
12 What claim does Gideon Hausner repeatedly make about the prosecution?
That a Jewish prosecution is too biased to judge Eichmann fairly.

That only Jews can stand in judgment over Eichmann.

That Eichmann would best be tried by an international criminal court.

That the judgment of Eichmann's prosecutors is irrelevant.
13 Who is the intended "audience" for Eichmann's trial?
Elderly Jewish people.

Holocaust survivors.

European Jews.

Young people and Jews unconvinced by Israel's need to exist.
14 What similarity between Israel and Nazi Germany does Arendt note?
The centrality of armament to their economies.

Their propagandistic use of classical culture.

Their expansionist foreign policies.

The illegality of interfaith/interracial marriage.
15 In what way does testimony at Eichman's trial differ from a typical trial?
Eichmann's trial has no testimony, because it is too emotionally charged.

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

Eichmann's trial has no testimony, only statements given to examiners.

Eichmann's trial gives much more weight to the victims than the perpetrator.
16 What does Eichmann's defense attorney fail to do, according to Arendt?
Challenge the relevance of the testimony.

Attempt to present his client in a favorable light.

Establish his credentials as a lawyer.

Appear to defend Eichmann in person.
17 Why does Arendt believe that the trial's desire to show the influence of anti-Semitism is misguided?
Because convinced anti-Semites will never change their minds.

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

Because EIchmann is too charismatic.

Because, for the time being, anti-Semitism has been discredited by Hitler.
18 Does the trial successfully show Jewish strength, in Arendt's view?
Yes, since there are many stories of Jewish resistance in the face of impossible odds.

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

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

No, since testimony about Jewish resistance has been deemed too propagandistic by the judges.
19 What positive effect did Eichmann's trial have, according to Arendt?
It made West Germany account fully for the ex-Nazis still working in their government.

It showed the world the errors of Nazism.

It brought about reconciliation between Israel and West Germany.

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

The German Army

The Freemasons

The S.S.
21 How does Eichmann plead at his trial?
Not guilty—in the sense of the indictment.

No contest.

Not guilty.

Guilty.
22 How does Eichmann feel about having shipped millions of people to their deaths?
He is in a state of existential turmoil at having no orders to follow.

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

He feels guilt now and again, but forces himself not to think about the consequences of his actions.

He is wracked with guilt.
23 What diagnosis does the court psychiatrist give to Eichmann?
That he suffers from bi-polar disorder.

That he is completely normal.

That he suffers from delusions of grandeur.

That he suffers from psychosis.
24 In what part of Germany was Eichmann born?
Prussia

Bavaria

The Rhineland

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

Coal

Automobiles

Precision cutlery

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