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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ian Kershaw say was not necessary to appeal to people in Part 1 of "The Beerhall Agitator"?
(a) Deeply refined ideals.
(b) Talent.
(c) Good looks.
(d) Talent for public speaking.

2. Who was Hitler mad at when the lottery ticket he bought didn't win?
(a) The lottery commission.
(b) Kerl Heitz.
(c) Himself.
(d) His father.

3. What happened to Hitler in 1905?
(a) He married.
(b) He had a son.
(c) He dropped out of school.
(d) He graduated.

4. Who did Hitler come to the attention of in Part 3 of "Discovering a Talent"?
(a) Major Tomas Bundel.
(b) Captain Karl Mayr.
(c) Colonel Hindenburg.
(d) General Heinst Grubber.

5. What does Ian Kershaw say the army provided Hitler with?
(a) A place to learn how to follow orders.
(b) Single minded people.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Guns.

6. What did the German Workers' Party attempt to do by organizing a large meeting?
(a) Create a journal.
(b) Make money.
(c) Promote itself.
(d) Make powerful friends.

7. What does Ian Kershaw note Hitler didn't refer to himself as in 1924?
(a) Fuhrer.
(b) A good leader.
(c) Master.
(d) A good man.

8. What didn't Hitler draw the attention of in Part 3 of "The Beerhall Agitator"?
(a) Jewish organization.
(b) Other anti-semitic parties.
(c) The press.
(d) The government.

9. What did Hitler learn from those in charge of Vienna's anti-semitic movements?
(a) How to please people.
(b) How to paint.
(c) How to use a crowd.
(d) How to hate people.

10. What would the German Workers' Party eventually be known as?
(a) The Nazi Party.
(b) The Communist party.
(c) The Bundesliga party.
(d) The Rustat Party.

11. What hospital did Hitler spend time in after being wounded?
(a) The Bundes Hospital.
(b) Red Cross Hospital.
(c) The Neumann Hospital.
(d) Berlin Central.

12. Who did Hitler write to shortly after joining the Military?
(a) Karl Groven.
(b) Helmer Tress.
(c) Joseph Popp.
(d) Marina Karl.

13. Who did Hitler buy a lottery ticket with in "Fantasy and Failure"?
(a) Sophie Keller.
(b) Karl Heitz.
(c) No one.
(d) August Kubizek.

14. What author did Hitler enjoy reading as a child?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Karl May.
(c) Karl Erst.
(d) Marx.

15. What did Hitler not consider when he applied for school in Vienna?
(a) That he would meet a woman.
(b) That he might succeed.
(c) That he might not be accepted.
(d) That he would graduate in half the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gustl say about Hitler when he was living with him?

2. When did Hitler return to Munich after the end of World War I?

3. What did Hitler claim to go to Munich for in Part 5 of "Elation and Embitterment"?

4. How many police officers were killed during Hitler's coup in 1924?

5. What does Ian Kershaw say was interesting in Hitler's reminiscence of his actions after World War I?

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