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

2. Who did Goring try to get a loan from when he went to Venice?

3. What was Alois's nickname when he was born?

4. What kind of festivals did Adolf like?

5. What caused Hitler's blindness in the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. After Hitler was barred from public speaking, where did he go on a holiday and who did he meet?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Hitler tried to downplay his prison stay to the public, and where is really was when he is writing his book.

Essay Topic 2

How do you think history would be different had Adolf Hitler become a priest rather than a politician? What might have changed during the 1940s? What may have happened anyway?

Essay Topic 3

How did Hitler's controlling personality make him desire to not only conquer Germany, but all of Europe? Why was being the leader of Germany not good enough for him?

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