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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. How does Hitler find the soldiers to be?

2. Does Austria have a common cultural foundation?

3. What is Hitler's father's career?

4. Where does Hitler spend his teen years?

5. How do the Germans view the Triple Alliance they have with Austria and Italy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hitler feel about the time he spends in Vienna?

2. Describe Germany before the war. What happens to Germany? Why does this happen, according to various sources?

3. What is Hitler's impression of the lecture? What does Hitler do at this lecture?

4. What does the year 1915 mark? What happens by 1918?

5. In what does Hitler become interested during this period of his life?

6. What are Hitler's thoughts about the plight of the peasant boy?

7. How is Hitler's birthplace symbolic to him?

8. What wars does Hitler follow with interest?

9. Describe Hitler's parents.

10. How does Hitler feel when he moves to Munich? What does he do when he first arrives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hitler enjoys his time in Munich.

Part 1) Why does he enjoy his time in Munich?

Part 2) Compare and contrast his life in Vienna with his life in Munich. How does his life in Vienna affect his life in Munich?

Part 3) How do Hitler's views differ from many in Munich? Why? How do these differences affect him?

Essay Topic 2

Hitler sees racial mixing as a hazard to the German people.

Part 1) Why does he see this as hazardous? From where does this belief stem?

Part 2) Can you understand this belief on any level? Why or why not?

Part 3) How is he able to convince many others of this same view?

Essay Topic 3

Hitler does not see the state as a group of economic units.

Part 1) How does he see the state? How has his past influenced this belief?

Part 2) According to Hitler, how can this state be preserved? Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this belief compare with the American view of the state?

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