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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hitler took advantage of what quality of the German people?
(a) They were very religious.
(b) They were prosperous farmers.
(c) They were naturally obedient.
(d) They were very independent.

2. What was the Gymnasium?
(a) A Natzi training academy to which only 5% gained admittance.
(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 highly respected position within the Hitler Youth.

3. Where was Alfons Heck born?
(a) America.
(b) Wittlich, Germany.
(c) Oberhausen, Germany.
(d) France.

4. The Nuremburg Party Congress was a week-long celebration of what?
(a) Germany's history and culture, symbolizing its regained sense of significance and strength in the world.
(b) The anniversary of Hitler's rise to power.
(c) The establishment of the Hitler Youth.
(d) Hitler's birthday.

5. As the war began, the unease held by the German people disappeared with the success of what?
(a) The Blitzkrieg.
(b) The Kristallnacht.
(c) The Gymnasium.
(d) The Hitler Youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did basic training begin for membership in the army of the Third Reich?

2. In what way did Alfons's elementary school teacher, Herr Becker, deliberately discriminate against the Jews in his classroom?

3. When the concentration camps first began, what was their purpose?

4. In the 1930s, approximately how many German Jews were there?

5. By whom was Alfons primarily raised?

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