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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. What did Hitler do as Paul von Breckendorff und von Hindenburg lay on his death bed?

2. What did Hitler blame his mood swings on Christmas Eve 1924 on?

3. What did Hitler's entourage say about Hitler in Part 6 of "Breakthrough"?

4. What did most of the German people care to know about what happened behind the scenes?

5. What started in Part 5 of "The Making of the Dictator"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hitler demand of the government, and how were those demands met?

2. Why were Nazi party members sentenced to death, and how did Hitler manage the situation according to "Levered into Power"?

3. What was the Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseased Offspring, which was passed in 1933?

4. What happened to the Nazi party after the 1930 election?

5. Who was Paul von Breckendorff und von Hindenburg, and what happened to him in 1934?

6. What happened to Eva Braun in "Levered into Power"?

7. Who was Ernest Rohm

8. What happened during the Hitler's youth rally in Potsdam?

9. What did Hitler do while in prison in 1924?

10. Why did the German people accept what happened during the Night of the Long Knives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the Versailles Treaty as well as how Germany violated the Versailles Treaty and how other countries reacted to Hitler's breaking of the treaty.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the terms Nazi, Communist, and Marxist, discussing the similarities and differences between the three groups.

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