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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Herr Becker claim as the reason for Kristallnacht?
(a) Punishment for people who did not respect Hitler.
(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) The police were making an effort to protect all Germans.

2. What was one complaint of Catholic parents with regard to the Hitler Youth?
(a) The Hitler Youth were not very educated.
(b) Senior Hitler Youth leaders mocked religion.
(c) Senior Hitler Youth leaders did not respect their elders.
(d) The Hitler Youth were not very obedient.

3. How did the farmhand and Alfons respond to one another?
(a) They strongly disliked one another.
(b) Alfons believed the farmhand was disloyal, and reported him.
(c) Alfons didn't believe the farmhand was a very good worker.
(d) They respected one another's loyalty to their own country.

4. Many people avoided discussions about the possibility of war, including in the Gymnasium. Despite this, what occurred over time?
(a) Alfons' classmates became anxious about the possibility of war.
(b) Over half of Alfons's classmates were killed before they reached the age of 18.
(c) The Gymnasium became a place of disorder.
(d) Alfons' classmates became excited and eager to experience war.

5. When Alfons said goodbye to Frau Ermann, how did she respond to him?
(a) She said she understood, and still cared about him.
(b) She spit on his face.
(c) She told him he was a terrible man.
(d) She hissed at him to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Gymnasium?

2. When the concentration camps first began, what was their purpose?

3. Unlike Hitler, the German people were not eager to go to war for what reason?

4. Alfons usually served mass while wearing what?

5. By whom was Alfons primarily raised?

(see the answer key)

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