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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other name did Alfons reference for the National Socialist German Workers Party Congress?
(a) The Nazi "high mass."
(b) Hitler's "worker's congress."
(c) Hitler's "high court."
(d) The Nazi "worker's mass."

2. What was the Gymnasium?
(a) A Natzi training academy to which only 5% gained admittance.
(b) A special association for those who achieved top honors in school.
(c) A highly respected position within the Hitler Youth.
(d) The highest track of German education to which only 6% gained admittance.

3. What did Herr Becker claim as the reason for Kristallnacht?
(a) The police were making an effort to protect all Germans.
(b) Spontaneous action against the Jews for the murder of a German diplomat.
(c) German Jews should not have been allowed to own businesses.
(d) Punishment for people who did not respect Hitler.

4. In the 1930s, approximately how many German Jews were there?
(a) One million.
(b) 100,000.
(c) Six million.
(d) 500,000.

5. Alfons's childhood friend Heinz Ermann could not join the Hitler Youth. Later, what happened to Heinz's family?
(a) They moved to a large city in Germany's industrial heartland, Oberhausen.
(b) They were gassed at Auschwitz.
(c) They moved to the countryside.
(d) They chose to become followers of Hitler.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did basic training begin for membership in the army of the Third Reich?

2. As the war began, the unease held by the German people disappeared with the success of what?

3. What did Alfons believe was his first and most important duty?

4. Which of the following statements about Hitler's stance on the Jews is false?

5. Which of the following was true about the children of Germany in the 1930s?

(see the answer key)

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