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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. According to Hitler, what must Germany inevitably win?

2. What is the purpose of the occupation of the Ruhr?

3. In a folkish state, what are the issues?

4. What does Hitler know they need to provide the members of the Party?

5. How does Hitler believe terror should be fought?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hitler do when he joins the German Workers' Party? Why is this important to him?

2. What does Hitler notice about the bourgeois meetings?

3. What strong points exist in German foreign policy?

4. What are the consequences of the end of World War I for Germany?

5. What are Hitler's beliefs about Russia?

6. What elements form the basis for state authority?

7. What is the purpose of the National Socialist state?

8. What does Hitler say about organizations?

9. What does Hitler say about the current political powers?

10. With what is this chapter concerned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hitler's memories of Vienna are of hard work and misery.

Part 1) Describe his time in Vienna. How do his experiences in this city strengthen his beliefs from childhood?

Part 2) What leads Hitler down a political path while in Vienna?

Part 3) How different might Hitler have been if his experiences in Vienna had been pleasant?

Essay Topic 2

According to Hitler, there are three groups into which mankind can be divided.

Part 1) What are these three groups? How has he come up with these three groups?

Part 2) Does he arbitrarily place certain cultures in each category, or does he have certain criteria for each group? Explain.

Part 3) What is the connection between this belief and the hazards of racial mixing? Do these beliefs exist today? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

The National Socialist German Worker's Party is dissolved in its fourth year but reappears three years later and is stronger than ever.

Part 1) Why is this party dissolved? How is it able to return three years later, even stronger?

Part 2) What role do other nations have in the strengthening of this party? Explain.

Part 3) What does this foreshadow about the future of Hitler's party, as well as Hitler's power over the German people? Explain.

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