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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What party did Hitler join after World War I?
(a) The Bundesliga party
(b) The Nazi Party.
(c) German Workers' Party.
(d) Communist party.

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

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

5. What did Hitler claim to go to Munich for in Part 5 of "Elation and Embitterment"?
(a) To train as an architect.
(b) To train as a journalist.
(c) To train as a lawyer.
(d) To train as a painter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hitler try to do after returning to Munich after the end of World War I?

2. What does Ian Kershaw say was not necessary to appeal to people in Part 1 of "The Beerhall Agitator"?

3. Who was Hitler moving to his new apartment with in Part II of "Elation and Embitterment"?

4. What did Alois want his son to become?

5. What would the German Workers' Party eventually be known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hitler do for a living after spending some time on the street according to "Drop-Out"?

2. Why did Hitler attend a meeting and subsequently join the German Workers' Party according to Kershaw?

3. What was Hitler asked to tone down during his work in Mayr's office and why?

4. What sign of self confidence does the author say was demonstrated in Adolf's decision to go to Vienna to study painting?

5. Why was Hitler successful in public speeches according to Kershaw in "The Beerhall Agitator"?

6. While working for Mayr's department, what group was Hitler asked to join and why?

7. What did Hitler do after the war ended according to "Discovering a Talent"?

8. Who was Karl May for Hitler?

9. What were the things Kershaw says that Hitler believed would be enough for his success, and was he right?

10. What did Hitler say that one's stand on the Jewish question should be based on, and what was Hitler's stand?

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