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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What author did Hitler enjoy reading as a child?
(a) Karl May.
(b) Karl Erst.
(c) Marx.
(d) Nietzsche.
2. What did Hitler try to do after returning to Munich after the end of World War I?
(a) Get a promotion.
(b) Get the military to release him.
(c) Remain in the military.
(d) Get a civilian job.
3. What type of information does Kershaw say Hitler was looking to read?
(a) Communist journals.
(b) Material that would confirm his prejudice.
(c) Political reviews.
(d) Banned books.
4. What does Ian Kershaw note Hitler didn't refer to himself as in 1924?
(a) Fuhrer.
(b) A good leader.
(c) A good man.
(d) Master.
5. How does Ian Kershaw describe Hitler's father?
(a) Present and strict.
(b) Unloving and strict.
(c) Loving and forgiving.
(d) Loving and present.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Hitler plan on studying in Vienna?
2. Who did Hitler meet that offered him a job selling small paintings?
3. What was even higher in the 1920s than after the end of the war?
4. What did the German Workers' Party attempt to do by organizing a large meeting?
5. What was Hitler dissatisfied with according to Part 2 of "The Drummer"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Adolf's grandfather according to Ian Kershaw?
2. Why did Hitler come to the attention of Karl Mayr?
3. What was Hitler's moral stand when he was living in Vienna?
4. What lesson did Hitler learn from anti-Semitic movements during his time in Vienna according to "Drop-Out"?
5. What were the things Kershaw says that Hitler believed would be enough for his success, and was he right?
6. What sign of self confidence does the author say was demonstrated in Adolf's decision to go to Vienna to study painting?
7. Why did Hitler threaten to leave the German Workers' Party, and why did the leader of the Party ask for his return?
8. Who does Kershaw say took little notice of Hitler's appointment as chairman of the German Workers' Party?
9. What did Hitler do for a living after spending some time on the street according to "Drop-Out"?
10. Why wasn't Adolf named Schicklgruber according to "Fantasy and Failure"?
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