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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Hitler stay in prison for Hitler's failed coup in 1924?

2. How long was Hitler's sentence after the failed coup of 1924?

3. What did Rohm gather in Part 2 of "Securing Total Power" that Hitler didn't take action on?

4. What was the name of the young woman who shot herself over her unrequited love for Hitler?

5. What were those who wanted to stay at the Prussian Academy of Art forced to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hitler do to render himself unapproachable according to Kershaw?

2. How did the German Worker's Party fare during Hitler's imprisonment?

3. Who was Paul von Breckendorff und von Hindenburg, and what happened to him in 1934?

4. What happened to the Nazi party after the 1930 election?

5. Who was Geli Raubal, and what happened to her?

6. How long did Hitler stay in prison and how was he released?

7. How many women did Hitler have in his life according to Kershaw in "Mastery Over the Movement"?

8. How did Hitler's first radio broadcast as Chancellor go according to Kershaw?

9. What did Hitler demand of the government, and how were those demands met?

10. What does Kershaw say was one of the only Jewish movements to worry about Hitler's agenda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ian Kershaw begins the book by focusing on the family of Adolf Hitler. Examine the role that Hitler's family had in his life, and analyze who had the most influence on Hitler.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the impact that the anti-Jewish propaganda had on the Jewish people, such as the development of concentration camps, the determination of Jewish blood, and other aspects of the new laws.

Essay Topic 3

In 1933, the Prevention for Hereditarily Diseased Offspring was passed by Hitler and the Nazi Party. Examine the provisions of the law and the purpose of the law.

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