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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were Adolf's grade in primary school?
(a) Lower than average.
(b) Excellent.
(c) Good.
(d) Average.

2. What made the people ready for Hitler's message in the 1920s?
(a) The fear of France.
(b) Upheaval in Germany.
(c) A failed Communist coup.
(d) The rise of Communism.

3. What did Hitler tone down during his public speeches in Part 3 of "Discovering a Talent"?
(a) His view for the German Army.
(b) His stand on Germany's future.
(c) His hatred of homosexual people.
(d) His stand on the "Jewish question."

4. When was Hitler arrested for failing to register for the military?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1914.

5. What was one of Hitler's duties in his post war assignment?
(a) Transporting secret documents for the government.
(b) Joining unions.
(c) Spying of Communist members.
(d) Observing small parties springing up around the country.

6. What did the German Workers' Party attempt to do by organizing a large meeting?
(a) Make powerful friends.
(b) Make money.
(c) Promote itself.
(d) Create a journal.

7. What does Part 2 of "The Drummer" say Hitler arranged?
(a) An attack on Otto Ballerstedt.
(b) The killing of 4 police officers.
(c) The stuffing of ballot boxes.
(d) The stoning of two Jewish merchants.

8. What was Hitler called home from Vienna for?
(a) His dog ran away.
(b) His sister married.
(c) His mother had breast cancer.
(d) His father died.

9. Who died as Hilter was about to begin his secondary education?
(a) His father.
(b) His sister.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

10. How many people attended the first meeting after Hitler was made Chairman of the committee of the German Workers' Party?
(a) Over 5,000.
(b) Over 10,000.
(c) Over 2,000.
(d) Over 3,000.

11. Who was Hitler moving to his new apartment with in Part II of "Elation and Embitterment"?
(a) Herts.
(b) Hausler.
(c) Himmler.
(d) Goering.

12. What did Hitler learn from those in charge of Vienna's anti-semitic movements?
(a) How to use a crowd.
(b) How to paint.
(c) How to hate people.
(d) How to please people.

13. Who did Hitler buy a lottery ticket with in "Fantasy and Failure"?
(a) Karl Heitz.
(b) No one.
(c) Sophie Keller.
(d) August Kubizek.

14. When did Hitler return to Munich after the end of World War I?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1921.

15. Where was Hitler's sent to to answer the charge of failing to register with the military?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Salzburg.
(d) Kiel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ian Kershaw say the army provided Hitler with?

2. What did Hitler plan on studying in Vienna?

3. What does Ian Kershaw note Hitler didn't refer to himself as in 1924?

4. What does Ian Kershaw say was not necessary to appeal to people in Part 1 of "The Beerhall Agitator"?

5. How many members of the German Workers' Party were present during Hitler's first visit?

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