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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the Hitler Youth puritanical?
(a) They wanted strong men not in love with anything but war and conquest.
(b) They believed they don't deserve to experience love or gratification.
(c) They were taught that love is a wrong emotion.
(d) They wanted men who were willing to sacrifice all of their personal interests.

2. By 1938, which of the following statements about the Gestapo was false?
(a) People obeyed and complied with the Gestapo.
(b) It was all-powerful.
(c) It could not be controlled by the regular judicial system.
(d) No one respected the Gestapo, and therefore it was not effective.

3. In Chapter 4, Alfons had his first doubts about what?
(a) His involvement in the Hitler Youth.
(b) His faith and going into the priesthood.
(c) His loyalty to his family.
(d) Whether or not Germany should remove the Jews from the country.

4. By the summer of 1940, why did Alfons doubt that he would be fortunate enough to fight in the war?
(a) There was a labor shortage due to the war, and Alfons needed to work on his grandmother's farm.
(b) Only England remained to be defeated, and he believed that would happen soon.
(c) Only France remained to be defeated, and he believed that would happen soon.
(d) His grandmother was very ill and he needed to be by her side.

5. What did Leiwitz reveal to Alfons, which he could not believe?
(a) Hitler had died.
(b) Germany was losing the war.
(c) Alfons was no longer needed, and should go home.
(d) Every day they were killing tens of thousands of Jews in Poland and Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. At fourteen, Alfons had not risen far in the Hitler Youth. What event prompted a new interest?

2. The Soviet Forces pushed the Nazis deep into where?

3. Why was Alfons's grandmother furious when he was ordered to report to the glider camp?

4. The Hitler Youth did not cause many parental complaints, particularly when?

5. Unlike Hitler, the German people were not eager to go to war for what reason?

(see the answer key)

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