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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Diels ask Messersmith in Chapter 36?
(a) To meet with Goering on his behalf.
(b) To get his family to safety.
(c) To help him flee the country
(d) To help him pass secret information to the U.S intelligence.

2. What was Franz von Papen position in the Nazi government according to Chapter 26?
(a) Vice President.
(b) High Commander of the Army.
(c) Inspector General.
(d) Vice-Chancellor.

3. What did Diels ask Goering in Chapter 34?
(a) For the hand of his daughter.
(b) For the head of the SS.
(c) For a visa to the U.S.
(d) For a leave of absence.

4. What did the "great Reichstag Building arson trial" prove to the world?
(a) That Hitler didn't like Communists.
(b) That Goering was a fool.
(c) That Trials were free in Germany.
(d) That the Third Reich fixed the outcome of trials.

5. Who did Martha maintain strong support for?
(a) Boris.
(b) Her father.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) Hitler.

6. Who was being blamed for starting the Reichstag fire?
(a) Communists.
(b) French.
(c) Noblemen.
(d) Jews.

7. What did the State Department consider doing in Chapter 12?
(a) Requiring visas for Nazi officials.
(b) Evacuating all Americans from Germany.
(c) Forbidding Americans from traveling to Germany.
(d) Issuing a warning about traveling to Germany.

8. What was driving Boris mad, according to Chapter 25?
(a) Martha not wanting to marry him.
(b) Martha seeing other men.
(c) Martha being Christian.
(d) Martha not leaving for Russia with him.

9. When was Marinus van der Lubbe sentenced according to Chapter 28?
(a) January 9, 1934.
(b) January 19, 1934.
(c) January 30, 1934.
(d) January 29, 1934.

10. What did Dodd feel was wasted in Chapter 12?
(a) Energy in trying to convince Nazis to embrace peace.
(b) Steel in tanks.
(c) Water in the fountain.
(d) Money on parties.

11. What was Erwin Wollstein arrested for?
(a) For loving a Jewish woman.
(b) For stealing a Nazi flag.
(c) For making anti Nazi comments.
(d) For kicking a statue of Hitler.

12. Where did Diels flee to?
(a) France.
(b) Czechoslovakia.
(c) Italy.
(d) Poland.

13. Who did Boris ridicule?
(a) Nazis.
(b) French.
(c) Those ready to die for their beliefs.
(d) Women and girls.

14. What idea did Hitler reject when proposed by Dodd?
(a) That Hitler nominate a successor in case of an accident.
(b) That the U.S. buy the freedom of the Jews.
(c) That Hitler learn about the Jewish religion.
(d) A refugee program for the Jews.

15. Who did Martha witness the brutal treatment of?
(a) An old woman.
(b) An old man.
(c) A young boy.
(d) A young woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Dodd arrange a meeting with Hitler?

2. What did Fortune magazine refer to Dodd as in Chapter 28?

3. What was Marinus van der Lubbe sentenced to?

4. Where did Diels flee to?

5. Who was Diels supporting in the Nazi hierarchy?

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