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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements was true about Alfons's grandmother at the start of the war?
(a) She requested a lot of help from Alfons on the farm.
(b) She became very ill.
(c) She accepted and began to revere Hitler.
(d) She refused to participate in reverence for anything but the mass.

2. Hitler took advantage of what quality of the German people?
(a) They were naturally obedient.
(b) They were very independent.
(c) They were very religious.
(d) They were prosperous farmers.

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

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

5. As the war began, the unease held by the German people disappeared with the success of what?
(a) The Gymnasium.
(b) The Blitzkrieg.
(c) The Kristallnacht.
(d) The Hitler Youth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For Alfons, the Hitler Youth rallies of the summer were a nice break from what activity?

3. What was the Gymnasium?

4. The carefree life of the Hitler Youth ended when?

5. Alfons's childhood friend Heinz Ermann could not join the Hitler Youth. Later, what happened to Heinz's family?

(see the answer key)

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