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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Hitler's official goal in returning to Vienna?
(a) Study architecture.
(b) Find a job.
(c) Study law.
(d) Meet a woman.

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

3. What did Hitler join at the start of Part 3 of "Elation and Embitterment"?
(a) The German Army.
(b) The French Army.
(c) The Swiss Army.
(d) The Bavarian Army.

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

5. When did Hitler return to Munich after the end of World War I?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1918.

6. What was even higher in the 1920s than after the end of the war?
(a) Fear of Communism.
(b) Prices.
(c) The hatred of the civilian government.
(d) Hatred for the British.

7. Who founded the German Workers' Party?
(a) Mark Grunn
(b) Alois Hitler.
(c) Anton Drexler.
(d) Anton Marsted.

8. What does Ian Kershaw say Hitler was good at during his speeches?
(a) Making jokes.
(b) Rousing anger and resentment.
(c) Demoralizing Jews.
(d) Creating fear.

9. What did Hitler start to develop in Part 5 of "Drop-Out"?
(a) His hatred for the Jews.
(b) His plan to take power.
(c) His hatred for homosexuals.
(d) His plan for a better army.

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

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

12. What did Hitler tone down during his public speeches in Part 3 of "Discovering a Talent"?
(a) His stand on the "Jewish question."
(b) His view for the German Army.
(c) His hatred of homosexual people.
(d) His stand on Germany's future.

13. What does Ian Kershaw say the main reason was for Hitler to leave Vienna?
(a) He didn't pay tuition.
(b) He was a political activist.
(c) He stole food.
(d) He didn't register for the military.

14. What did Alois want his son to become?
(a) A merchant.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A public servant.

15. What created the perfect situation for Nazi propaganda according to Kershaw?
(a) The Bern revolution.
(b) The fall of Bonn.
(c) The rise of the Communist party.
(d) The Bavarian revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Hilter stay in Felberstrabe?

2. What did Hitler think should follow the elimination of the Jewish rights?

3. What does Ian Kershaw say Hitler had no real intention of doing during his last assignment?

4. What does Ian Kershaw say the army provided Hitler with?

5. What did the German Workers' Party forbid?

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