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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hitler move at the start of Part II of "Elation and Embitterment"?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Bonn.
(c) Munich.
(d) Berlin.

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

3. Why does Ian Kershaw say Hitler accepted his new assignment?
(a) To avoid demobilization.
(b) Because he could try to find his dog.
(c) Because he wanted to travel.
(d) Because he believed in it.

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

5. What did Hitler think should be enough to allow him to succeed?
(a) His good looks.
(b) His charisma and personality.
(c) His fortune.
(d) His education.

6. Where was Hitler's sent to to answer the charge of failing to register with the military?
(a) Kiel.
(b) Bonn.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Salzburg.

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

8. How does Ian Kershaw describe Hitler's father?
(a) Loving and forgiving.
(b) Loving and present.
(c) Present and strict.
(d) Unloving and strict.

9. How many members of the German Workers' Party were present during Hitler's first visit?
(a) 123.
(b) 45.
(c) 90.
(d) 41.

10. What was Hitler dissatisfied with according to Part 2 of "The Drummer"?
(a) The amount of publicity being given to his party.
(b) The length of his public speeches.
(c) The size of the German army.
(d) The number of paying members of the Nazi party.

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

12. What did Hitler have by the time he got out of the army according to Part 4 of "Discovering a Talent"?
(a) Many high placed friends.
(b) A background in political agitation and public speaking.
(c) 10,000 marks.
(d) A good grasp of how to gain power.

13. What does Ian Kershaw say was vital to the success of Hitler as a public speaker?
(a) The economical crisis.
(b) World War I.
(c) The death of Herst Joakin.
(d) The political climate of the day.

14. Who did Hitler meet that offered him a job selling small paintings?
(a) Reinhold Hanisch.
(b) Mark Heinsted.
(c) Humbert Stall.
(d) Karl Stopp.

15. When was Hitler arrested for failing to register for the military?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1915.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of Hitler's duties in his post war assignment?

2. What changed Hitler's future according to Ian Kershaw in "Elation and Embitterment"?

3. What seemed to be Hitler's purpose while he was in Vienna according to "Drop-Out"?

4. Who was Hitler mad at when the lottery ticket he bought didn't win?

5. Who broke off the German Workers' Party because of different goals and ideals?

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