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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. Who agreed to support Hitler's takeover once he had the Bavarian leadership under the gun?

2. What issue did the Nazis run on in July 1932?

3. Who was the new dictator of Italy during Hitler's rise to power in Germany?

4. Why did Hitler give regional powers to Strasser?

5. What did Alois do for a career?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hitler try to split the Bavarian leadership?

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

3. Where does the name Hitler come from?

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

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

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

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

8. When Adolf was little, what were his career aspirations?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think the acceptance of the public was important enough to Hitler for him to change his speeches? Example how he changes to be accepted by the public.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the meaning behind the "deportation to the East." Why is important for Hitler to get the Jews out of the country? And what does the way the Jews were killed say about the Nazi's ultimate plan for all Jews in the country?

Essay Topic 3

In the end, why were Hitler's and Eva Braun's body's burned after they died? Was it out of hate for what Hitler had done for the country or another reason?

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