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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The winter of 1939-40 is referred to as what?
(a) The time of the "phony war."
(b) The last peaceful time in Germany.
(c) The time of the "fake war."
(d) The warmest winter Germany had in years.

2. When the concentration camps first began, what was their purpose?
(a) They were a place where Jews could start businesses and work together.
(b) They were detention centers for political enemies.
(c) They were temporary holding cells for Jews until they submitted to Hitler's rule.
(d) They were a place for Jews to live peacefully outside of Hitler rule.

3. What was the Gymnasium?
(a) A highly respected position within the Hitler Youth.
(b) A special association for those who achieved top honors in school.
(c) The highest track of German education to which only 6% gained admittance.
(d) A Natzi training academy to which only 5% gained admittance.

4. After France fell, what did the farmers get to do?
(a) Sell their farm for a substantial price.
(b) Complain directly to Hitler about the difficult labor shortage.
(c) Choose French prisoners of war for farmhands.
(d) Apply for financial support until the labor shortage was remedied.

5. Which is a reason why the Nazis were successful at demonizing the Jews?
(a) Hitler was able to tie the threat of communist revolution to the Jewish race.
(b) Hitler claimed they were a threat to the Germans and would eventually rule the country if they were not stopped.
(c) Hitler declared that the Jews were evil.
(d) The German Jews were not Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the 1938 Nuremburg Party Congress, Hitler delivered a speech that had what outcome?

2. Which of the following statements about Hitler's stance on the Jews is false?

3. When the Jews were forced to leave Wittlich, to where did they think they were being sent?

4. Which of the following statements about Alfons and Gert's relationship is false?

5. In 1942, what decision was made at a top-secret conference in Wannsee, a suburb of Berlin?

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