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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Hitler buy a lottery ticket with in "Fantasy and Failure"?

2. What does Ian Kershaw say Hitler had not yet developed when he arrived in Munich?

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

4. When did Hitler's father, Alois, change his name?

5. How many members of the German Workers' Party were present during Hitler's first visit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Hitler do after clashes between the government and Communists according to Part 6 of "The Drummer"?

4. What did the military provide Hitler, and how did he integrate?

5. Who was Karl May for Hitler?

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

7. Why did Hitler leave Vienna according to "Drop-Out"?

8. Why was Adolf able to convince his mother to let him go to Vienna?

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

10. Why wasn't Adolf named Schicklgruber according to "Fantasy and Failure"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Students should examine the impact of lack of friendship on Hitler and why he seemed more distraught over Foxl than fellow soldiers.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Hitler's association of the Jewish people to dirt and disease as well as why he forged these associations.

Essay Topic 3

Ian Kershaw begins the book by focusing on the family of Adolf Hitler. Examine the role that Hitler's family had in his life, and analyze who had the most influence on Hitler.

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