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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements about Alfons and Gert's relationship is false?
(a) Gert and Alfons were classmates in the Gymnasium.
(b) Alfons and Gert earned the effective rank of army master sergeant.
(c) Gert and Alfons did not get along very well.
(d) Alfons and Gert got promoted and put in charge of 50 boys.

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

3. Unlike Hitler, the German people were not eager to go to war for what reason?
(a) They didn't think the country was properly trained or equipped for war.
(b) They wanted to be a peaceful nation.
(c) They remembered the terrible slaughter of World War I.
(d) They were afraid they would lose Hitler as their leader.

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

5. At fourteen, Alfons had not risen far in the Hitler Youth. What event prompted a new interest?
(a) He met Hanna, and became distracted.
(b) He met Manfred, who was highly ranked in the Flying Hitler Youth .
(c) His grandmother died.
(d) He began to seriously doubt his abilities, and considered leaving the Hilter Youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the fall of 1943, Alfons was promoted to administrative rank while what occurred for Gert?

2. Alfons quickly moved up the ranks, from the lowest class A to class B. What responsibility did he earn?

3. Which of the following people was not a member of Alfons's family?

4. How did the farmhand and Alfons respond to one another?

5. Alfons usually served mass while wearing what?

(see the answer key)

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