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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the Hitler Youth puritanical?
(a) They wanted strong men not in love with anything but war and conquest.
(b) They believed they don't deserve to experience love or gratification.
(c) They were taught that love is a wrong emotion.
(d) They wanted men who were willing to sacrifice all of their personal interests.

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

3. In 1770, where did Alfons's family emigrate from?
(a) Austria.
(b) America.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

4. What action was taken regarding products not essential to the war?
(a) They were produced in smaller quantities.
(b) They were produced in larger quantities, to convince the German people that everything was okay.
(c) They were no longer produced.
(d) No action was taken, so as not to discourage the German people.

5. In what way did Alfons's elementary school teacher, Herr Becker, deliberately discriminate against the Jews in his classroom?
(a) He did not allow them to eat their lunch.
(b) He made them wash the floors.
(c) He ignored them.
(d) He made them sit in the corner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1930s, what were the children of Germany conditioned to believe?

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

3. Which of the following statements best describes Alfons's leadership over his unit?

4. Which of the following is not a memory Alfons holds from his childhood?

5. At fourteen, Alfons had not risen far in the Hitler Youth. What event prompted a new interest?

(see the answer key)

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