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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. What year was Adolf Hitler born?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1899.

2. Who was assassinated by former Freikorps members?
(a) Alois.
(b) Ebert.
(c) Strasser.
(d) Foreign Minister Rathenau.

3. Who was the new dictator of Italy during Hitler's rise to power in Germany?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Vito.
(c) King Edward.
(d) Mussolini.

4. Why was Strasser forced to resign from the Nazi party?
(a) Money.
(b) Treason.
(c) His sexual orientation.
(d) Affairs.

5. What happened at the January 1921 conference of Adolf's party?
(a) Hitler left before it is over.
(b) Hitler battled for a top position with Eckart.
(c) Hitler resigned.
(d) Hitler demanded recognition as the absolute leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the scandal involving Rohm that caused Hitler to lose the 1932 election?

2. What was the young shopkeeper's relationship to Hitler?

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

4. Who did Hindenburg refuse to appoint as Chancellor?

5. What does "mein kampf" mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of scandals forced Rohm and Strasser to resign?

2. How did Hitler try to emulate the dictator of Italy?

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

4. Describe the infamous Mefo-bill scheme.

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

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

7. What was Hitler's relationship with Hanfstaengl?

8. How did the new stable currency in Germany affect Hitler's popularity?

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

10. Where does the name Hitler come from?

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