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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. 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.

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

3. What did Gustl say about Hitler when he was living with him?
(a) He smoked a lot.
(b) He drank a lot.
(c) He slept a lot.
(d) He read a lot.

4. What did Hitler claimed to have done during his public speeches?
(a) Nationalized his audience.
(b) Bored people.
(c) Made jokes.
(d) Converted smart people.

5. Why did the man accompany Hitler when he left Vienna?
(a) He was a converted Nazi.
(b) He wanted a travel comapnion.
(c) He was out of a job.
(d) He needed a roomate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died as Hilter was about to begin his secondary education?

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

3. What did Hitler plan on studying in Vienna?

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

5. What did Hitler become in Munich according to Part 4 of "Discovering a Talent"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who arrived in power that inspired Hitler to become the same kind of leader he was according to "The Drummer"?

4. What school did Hitler try to apply to a second time?

5. Why did Hitler threaten to leave the German Workers' Party, and why did the leader of the Party ask for his return?

6. Why was Adolf's mother protective of him?

7. Who does Kershaw say took little notice of Hitler's appointment as chairman of the German Workers' Party?

8. What was Hitler dissatisfied with, and what did he do to correct it in "The Drummer"?

9. Who was Adolf's grandfather according to Ian Kershaw?

10. What was Hitler's assignment during the war, and how did he fare?

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