Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Of whom does Shirer have this to say? "A tough, ruthless, driving man—albeit, like so many of the early Nazis, a homosexual—he helped to organize the first Nazi strong-arm squads which grew into the S.A."
Heinrich Himmler
Hans Frank
Ernst Roehm
Reinhard Heydrich
Q. Whom does Shirer characterize as being "too divided, too torpid, too blind to grasp the nature or the direction of what was building up beyond the Rhine"?
The German public
The King of Denmark
The German Army
The Allied nations
Q. What does Shirer think is a potent weapon of war?
Lies
Better food for the Army
Improvised explosive devices
Surprise attacks
Q. What does the title "Fuehrer" mean?
King
Leader
Teacher
Raging, Ranting Tyrant
Q. What international statesman says this about Hitler and lived to regret it? "In spite of the hardness and ruthlessness I thought I saw in his face, I got the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his word."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Édouard Daladier
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill