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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements about Alfons and Gert's relationship is false?
(a) Gert and Alfons were classmates in the Gymnasium.
(b) Alfons and Gert got promoted and put in charge of 50 boys.
(c) Alfons and Gert earned the effective rank of army master sergeant.
(d) Gert and Alfons did not get along very well.

2. At what age did basic training begin for membership in the army of the Third Reich?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Six.

3. At the end of the 1938 Nuremburg Party Congress, Hitler delivered a speech that had what outcome?
(a) It was scrutinized worldwide and heard live on more than 100 American radio stations.
(b) It alienated the Germans and caused them to stray from Hitler's rule.
(c) It was discouraging to the Hitler Youth.
(d) It had very little emotional impact.

4. By 1938, which of the following statements about the Gestapo was false?
(a) It could not be controlled by the regular judicial system.
(b) People obeyed and complied with the Gestapo.
(c) No one respected the Gestapo, and therefore it was not effective.
(d) It was all-powerful.

5. Once Germany was at war with the United States, why was Alfons not worried?
(a) Hitler understood America's war potential, and told the Hitler Youth not to worry.
(b) America would focus more on fighting the Japanese.
(c) The war would end soon.
(d) Germany was focused on Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the summer of 1940, why did Alfons doubt that he would be fortunate enough to fight in the war?

2. In the 1930s, approximately how many German Jews were there?

3. In Germany in the 1930s, which of the following statements was false?

4. How did Hitler perceive the Hitler Youth?

5. The Hitler Youth did not cause many parental complaints, particularly when?

(see the answer key)

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