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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is a reason why the Nazis were successful at demonizing the Jews?
(a) Hitler declared that the Jews were evil.
(b) Hitler claimed they were a threat to the Germans and would eventually rule the country if they were not stopped.
(c) The German Jews were not Catholic.
(d) Hitler was able to tie the threat of communist revolution to the Jewish race.

2. Which of the following statements about Hitler's stance on the Jews is false?
(a) Hitler's obsession with the Jews lasted until his final breath.
(b) Many people believed Hitler would moderate his stance when he came to power.
(c) Hitler believed the Germanic-Nordic race was superior to the Jews.
(d) Although Hitler was obsessed with the Jews for many years, eventually he reversed his stance.

3. Which of the following people were allowed to join the Jungvolk, the Hitler Youth's junior branch?
(a) Children under the age of six.
(b) Jewish children.
(c) Aryan children.
(d) Handicapped children.

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

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. In 1770, where did Alfons's family emigrate from?

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

3. In what way did Alfons's elementary school teacher, Herr Becker, deliberately discriminate against the Jews in his classroom?

4. Hitler took advantage of what quality of the German people?

5. Which of the following statements about the fanfare and drum platoon is false?

(see the answer key)

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