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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Jews become increasingly emotional?
(a) They developed severe illnesses.
(b) Their shops were taken over by Christians and their synagogue was desecrated.
(c) They didn't have enough customers to keep their shops open.
(d) They were not allowed to worship in their synagogue.

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

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

4. When the concentration camps first began, what was their purpose?
(a) They were temporary holding cells for Jews until they submitted to Hitler's rule.
(b) They were a place for Jews to live peacefully outside of Hitler rule.
(c) They were a place where Jews could start businesses and work together.
(d) They were detention centers for political enemies.

5. By the summer of 1940, why did Alfons doubt that he would be fortunate enough to fight in the war?
(a) Only France remained to be defeated, and he believed that would happen soon.
(b) His grandmother was very ill and he needed to be by her side.
(c) There was a labor shortage due to the war, and Alfons needed to work on his grandmother's farm.
(d) Only England remained to be defeated, and he believed that would happen soon.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Despite their September 3rd declaration, the Germans believed what about the French and the British?

(see the answer key)

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