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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Elation and Embitterment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ian Kershaw describe Hitler's father?
(a) Present and strict.
(b) Loving and present.
(c) Loving and forgiving.
(d) Unloving and strict.

2. What did Hitler not consider when he applied for school in Vienna?
(a) That he would meet a woman.
(b) That he would graduate in half the time.
(c) That he might succeed.
(d) That he might not be accepted.

3. What did Hitler plan on studying in Vienna?
(a) Painting.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Law.
(d) Economics.

4. Who did Hitler meet that offered him a job selling small paintings?
(a) Mark Heinsted.
(b) Humbert Stall.
(c) Reinhold Hanisch.
(d) Karl Stopp.

5. What school was Hitler denied the right to take the entrance exam?
(a) Academy of Fine Arts.
(b) Academy of History.
(c) Academy of Religion.
(d) Academy of Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hitler move at the start of Part II of "Elation and Embitterment"?

2. What did Alois want his son to become?

3. What did Hitler learn from those in charge of Vienna's anti-semitic movements?

4. What does Ian Kershaw say the main reason was for Hitler to leave Vienna?

5. Who did Hitler write to shortly after joining the Military?

(see the answer key)

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