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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alfons arrived at training camp, and after a short time was forced to do what?
(a) Go home, because his grandmother spoke to the Bannfuhrer in Berlin.
(b) Quit, because he isn't very skilled at flying.
(c) Fly on the wings of a glider with other men.
(d) Pretend that he knew what he was doing, even though he felt inadequate for the job.

2. Which of the following statements about the perception of women in Germany during World War II is false?
(a) The Hitler Youth were morally strict and did not engage with women.
(b) They were treated as equal to the men.
(c) Hitler taught that women were mothers and guardians of the hearth.
(d) They were considered second-class citizens.

3. Why did many people who owned farms begin to love Hitler?
(a) They gave in to the pressure they felt from the Nazis.
(b) They were afraid Hitler would take away their land if they didn't support him.
(c) They began to prosper when Hitler restricted foreign food imports.
(d) They were generally very passive and obedient people.

4. Alfons quickly moved up the ranks, from the lowest class A to class B. What responsibility did he earn?
(a) He was now in charge of fifteen of his peers.
(b) He automatically got to bypass the next rank, class C.
(c) He no longer had to endure test flights.
(d) He could fly any glider he chose.

5. Once Germany was at war with the United States, why was Alfons not worried?
(a) America would focus more on fighting the Japanese.
(b) Hitler understood America's war potential, and told the Hitler Youth not to worry.
(c) Germany was focused on Russia.
(d) The war would end soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The carefree life of the Hitler Youth ended when?

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

3. What other name did Alfons reference for the National Socialist German Workers Party Congress?

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

5. Nearly a year after the British declared war on Germany, what occurred on May 10, 1940?

(see the answer key)

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