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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who investigated the Nazi party from the U.S.?
(a) Rathenau.
(b) Captain Trumann Smith.
(c) Ernst Hanfstaengl.
(d) Roosevelt.

2. In 1923, who had problems curbing the Nazis that led to their rise in power?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Stalin.
(c) President von Kahr of Bavaria.
(d) Hanfstaengl.

3. What does "mein kampf" mean?
(a) My love.
(b) My struggle.
(c) My art.
(d) My life.

4. Where was the huge rally Hitler spoke at in September 1923?
(a) The country.
(b) Nuremburg.
(c) Munich.
(d) Berlin.

5. After his trial, what did Hitler's press release say about his plans?
(a) He was withdrawing from politics to become a priest.
(b) He was going to leave politics to pursue art.
(c) He would never quit politics.
(d) He was withdrawing from politics to write a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take Russia to be defeated, as described in the beginning of the book?

2. What was the name of the newspaper purchased by Hitler's party?

3. What did Alois do for a career?

4. When the book begins, what is described in the trenches of Belgium?

5. Who created a new stable currency in Germany during a national crisis?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Hitler survive homelessness?

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

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

5. Describe the Nazi party's comeback after the election of February 1932.

6. What kind of reaction did Hitler get from the judge at his trial in Munich?

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

8. What did the newspaper, Volkischer Beobachter, become to the Nazi party?

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

10. How did Hitler's carefulness about his radical program pay off in 1928?

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