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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 was Martha calling what Sigrid called deterioration?
(a) Improvement.
(b) Rebirth.
(c) Rejuvenation.
(d) Revolution.

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

3. What was Ernst Hanfstaengl's position in the Nazi Party according to Chapter 8?
(a) Reigh Police cheif.
(b) Gestapo Chief.
(c) Foreign Press Chief.
(d) Goering Chief of Staff.

4. What was the only thing that Hitler and his men understood, according to Messersmith?
(a) Money.
(b) Diplomacy.
(c) Power.
(d) Arguments.

5. When did American and German abuse start?
(a) At the end of WWI.
(b) After Hindenburg's election.
(c) 3 years after Hitler took power.
(d) When Hitler was made Chancellor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Edgar Mowrer a correspondent for according to Chapter 9?

2. Where did Schachno go on his way to returning to the U.S?

3. Where did Joseph Schachno live according to the Introduction?

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

5. Where was Joseph Schachno from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspirations did Dodd have?

2. Where was Joseph Schachno from, according to the Introduction?

3. What was the charge against Schachno?

4. What was happening since the German chancellor was named?

5. Who was Sigrid Schultz, and what did Schultz and Martha disagree about according to Chapter 6?

6. Who did Dodd invite to join them in Germany?

7. What were William and Martha like according to Chapter 3?

8. What did Rabbi Wise tell Dodd to do in Chapter 5?

9. Why did Messersmith feel alone?

10. Why was Dodd not a typical candidate for an ambassadorship?

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