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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Hitler plan on studying in Vienna?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Painting.
(d) Economics.

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

4. Who did Gustl bring back home that infuriated Hitler?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) A communist paper.
(c) A female student.
(d) A Jewish girl.

5. What type of information does Kershaw say Hitler was looking to read?
(a) Material that would confirm his prejudice.
(b) Political reviews.
(c) Banned books.
(d) Communist journals.

6. When was Adolf Hitler born?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1876.

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

8. What did the German Workers' Party forbid?
(a) Communist members.
(b) Women members.
(c) Homosexual members.
(d) Jewish members.

9. What made the people ready for Hitler's message in the 1920s?
(a) The fear of France.
(b) The rise of Communism.
(c) A failed Communist coup.
(d) Upheaval in Germany.

10. What did Hitler name the stray dog he took in while in the army?
(a) Mr. Karl.
(b) Blaky.
(c) Foxl.
(d) Joakim.

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

12. What did Hitler become in Munich according to Part 4 of "Discovering a Talent"?
(a) An outcast.
(b) A joke.
(c) An unknown man.
(d) A legend.

13. What changed Hitler's future according to Ian Kershaw in "Elation and Embitterment"?
(a) World War I.
(b) His brother's arrest.
(c) The birth of his first child.
(d) The death of his mother.

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

15. 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 number of paying members of the Nazi party.
(d) The size of the German army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ian Kershaw say Hitler was good at in Part 3 of "Discovering a Talent"?

2. What foreign leader did Hitler want to emulate in the 1920s?

3. What did Hitler claimed to have done during his public speeches?

4. What does Part 2 of "The Drummer" say Hitler arranged?

5. What school was Hitler denied the right to take the entrance exam?

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