Question

What is the best conclusion you can draw about the viewpoint of the SS officers based on the passage below?

Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you." For the first time, his voice quivered. "In a few moments, selection will take place. You will have to undress completely. Then you will go, one by one, before the SS doctors. I hope you will all pass. But you must try to increase your chances. Before you go into the next room, try to move your limbs, give yourself some color. Don't walk slowly, run! Run as if you had the devil at your heels! Don't look at the SS. Run, straight in front of you!"

He paused and then added:

"And most important, don't be afraid!"

That was a piece of advice we would have loved to be able to follow.

Question 4 options:

The SS officers like to see the inmates suffer and struggle physically.


The SS officers view the inmates as subhuman and their only value is in physical ability/health.


The SS officers like to see the inmates terrified and tortured as often as possible.


The leader is trying to trick the inmates to make the SS officers angry.

Answer 1

The answer would be the second option.

Answer 2

The SS officers view the inmates as subhuman and their only value is in physical ability/health.

In the passage, it is understood that life or death depends on the level to which doctors of the SS consider the captives as physically appropiate to stay as useful workers. Here, the head of the block recommends the prisoners to follow some steps so SS doctors are convinced that they can be selected.