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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements about Alfons's family's farmhand is false?
(a) He was a Parisian baker.
(b) He was a great worker.
(c) He was not a loyal Frenchman.
(d) He was a fiercely loyal Frenchman.

2. When the Jews were forced to leave Wittlich, to where did they think they were being sent?
(a) To detention centers.
(b) To concentration camps.
(c) To Poland, to make Germany "clean of Jews."
(d) They thought they would all be killed before they reached their destination to make Germany "clean of Jews."

3. In the 1930s, what were the children of Germany conditioned to believe?
(a) Discrimination was wrong.
(b) The German Jews were superior.
(c) The Germanic-Nordic race was superior.
(d) The Jews did not kill Jesus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said that one day the Americans would realize they cooperated with the devil and chose the wrong side?

2. Alfons was ordered to the Westwall, and his duties included all of the following, except what?

3. When the Allies landed at Normandy, who said they would finally have a chance to get at the elusive American enemy?

4. The Hitler Youth did not cause many parental complaints, particularly when?

5. Nearly a year after the British declared war on Germany, what occurred on May 10, 1940?

(see the answer key)

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