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

2. Why did Hitler give regional powers to Strasser?
(a) To build up the NSDAP in northern Germany.
(b) To do speech writing.
(c) To take over the SA.
(d) To get rid of violence.

3. Who was the daughter of Hitler's half-sister Angela?
(a) Eva.
(b) Mitzi.
(c) Geli.
(d) Alois.

4. When did Adolf's family move to Linz?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1879.

5. When the book begins, what is described in the trenches of Belgium?
(a) American soldiers.
(b) 16th Bavarian Infantry Regiment.
(c) German landscape.
(d) Hitler's relatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the composer at whose home Hitler stayed at in 1923?

2. What happened to the German mark in October 1923?

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

4. Who was Alois Hitler?

5. Who recruited Goring to join the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the name Hitler come from?

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

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

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

5. Describe the infamous Mefo-bill scheme.

6. How was the nation totally brought under the grip of the Nazis in 1933?

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

8. What kinds of speeches did Hitler give early on in his rise to leadership of the Nazis?

9. Why did Hitler feel Goebbels needed to be brought under control in the late 1920s?

10. Who were some of the early members of Hitler's Nazi Party?

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