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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was George S. Messersmith's campaign?
(a) Get American investments for Germany.
(b) Protect the Jews of Germany.
(c) Try to befriend Hitler to avoid war.
(d) Warn the world about Hitler.

2. What did Konstantin Neurath think he could do?
(a) Control Hitler and the Nazis.
(b) Criticize Hitler.
(c) Leave Germany.
(d) Take over the presidency.

3. When did Franklin D. Roosevelt contact William E. Dodd in Chapter 2?
(a) June 28.
(b) June 18.
(c) June 8.
(d) June 12.

4. What was Joseph Schachno beaten with?
(a) Whips.
(b) Steel tipped boots.
(c) Woodem sticks.
(d) Wire.

5. Where did Fritz Haber flee to?
(a) Italy.
(b) Sweden.
(c) England.
(d) France.

6. Where did Joseph Schachno live according to the Introduction?
(a) Lepzig.
(b) Bonn.
(c) Bern.
(d) Berlin.

7. When was Franklin D Roosevelt sworn in as President?
(a) February 4, 1933.
(b) March 4, 1933.
(c) January 4, 1933.
(d) April 4, 1933.

8. How long had William E. Dodd held his position at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) A decade.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 25 years.

9. What was Alfred Panofsky's occupation?
(a) He was a surgeon.
(b) He was a doctor.
(c) He was an architect.
(d) He was a banker.

10. When did William E. Dodd reach Germany?
(a) July 13, 1933.
(b) July 23, 1933.
(c) July 30, 1933.
(d) July 3, 1933.

11. What did the men order Schachno to do before beating him?
(a) Put on a blindfold.
(b) Undress.
(c) Lay on the floor.
(d) Sign a confession.

12. What was Martha curious of on the way to their hotel?
(a) People being beaten in the street.
(b) A burnt building.
(c) Burnt cars.
(d) The Nazi flags.

13. What were Martha and many Americans according to Chapter 5?
(a) Interested in Communism.
(b) Sympathetic to the Jews of Germany.
(c) Ambivalent.
(d) Against Hitler.

14. What did Roosevelt tell William E. Dodd was not a U.S. affair?
(a) The way Jews were treated in Germany.
(b) The German Army reconstruction.
(c) Anti-Soviet laws.
(d) German obsession with racial purity.

15. What was Rudolph Diels' position?
(a) Goering Chief of staff.
(b) Gestapo chief.
(c) Foreign Press Chief.
(d) Reich Police Chief.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Frederic M. Sackett leave his post as U.S. Ambassador in Germany?

2. What sharply increased in Germany according to the leaders William E. Dodd met with before going to Germany?

3. Why did the new Ambassador vow to lead a modest life in Berlin?

4. Why did the house become a gathering place for the diplomatic community?

5. When did William E. Dodd boarded the ship for Germany?

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