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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many military cadets joined the takeover when Rohm marched with Nazi forces?

2. What does "mein kampf" mean?

3. Who was Baron Kurt von Schroeder?

4. Who did General von Schleicher think he could use Hitler against?

5. Who was the new dictator of Italy during Hitler's rise to power in Germany?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of sentence did Hitler serve after his trial in Munich and how did it meet his hopes?

2. What was family life like growing up for Adolf?

3. How did Hitler try to split the Bavarian leadership?

4. In the beginning of Hitler's rise to leadership, how did members get along together at Nazi party meetings?

5. When Adolf moves to Linz when he is a teenager, what did he dream about becoming?

6. What kind of backing did Hitler get from powerful financial figures and how did it help his rise to power?

7. Why was HItler barred from public speaking after his trial?

8. What happened when the U.S. Ambassador investigates Hitler?

9. How was the small district of Lippe evidence that Hitler was gaining more power among the Germans?

10. What do readers learn in the beginning of the book about Hitler's interest in politics?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Hitler and Stalin as leaders.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think the acceptance of the public was important enough to Hitler for him to change his speeches? Example how he changes to be accepted by the public.

Essay Topic 3

In the end, why were Hitler's and Eva Braun's body's burned after they died? Was it out of hate for what Hitler had done for the country or another reason?

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