Lesson Y9-U05-L02

Y9-U05-L02 Selling the Dream Nazi Propaganda Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 18

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Lesson Y9-U05-L02, Selling the Dream Nazi Propaganda: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 18: Year 9: Life in Nazi Germany, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Who became Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment in March 1933?

    • Joseph Goebbels
    • Franz von Papen
    • Hermann Goering
    • Ernst Rohm

  2. What was the first aim of Nazi propaganda, known as 'glorify'?

    • To send Germans to live in other countries
    • To make Hitler and the Nazis look strong, heroic and successful
    • To persuade Germans that Germany had never lost a war
    • To prove that parliament should be restored

  3. What was the Volksgemeinschaft that Nazi propaganda aimed to build?

    • A trade union for factory workers that bargained with the government for pay
    • A youth group that trained future soldiers in camps across the country
    • A national community in which people felt part of one nation
    • A Nazi court that tried political crimes and passed sentences in secret

  4. How many people could the Nazi rallies at Nuremberg reach?

    • About 5 million
    • About 5,000
    • Up to 50,000
    • Up to 500,000

  5. What was the 'Cathedral of Light' at the Nuremberg rallies?

    • 152 searchlights beamed into the night sky
    • A tower of 500 loudspeakers in the stadium
    • A huge stained-glass church built for the rally
    • A giant church bell that rang every hour

  6. What was the Volksempfanger?

    • A cheap, mass-produced radio called the 'People's Receiver'
    • A Nazi newspaper printed every morning and sold to families across the country
    • A loudspeaker placed in every factory to broadcast speeches during each shift
    • A film studio in Berlin that produced propaganda films for cinemas abroad

  7. By 1939 about what share of German homes had a radio?

    • About 20%
    • About 95%
    • About 70%
    • About 40%

  8. Why did the cheap radios have a deliberately short range?

    • Because they were too expensive to run for long
    • So they could not pick up foreign stations
    • So they could be carried into battle easily
    • So they only worked near the Nuremberg stadium

  9. How many 'un-German' books were publicly burned by students in May 1933?

    • About 2,500
    • About 250,000
    • About 25,000
    • About 1,000

  10. Which art forms were banned as 'degenerate' by the Nazis?

    • Jazz and modern art
    • Classical opera and ballet
    • Church hymns and choral music
    • Military marches and folk songs

  11. What did the daily orders sent to newspaper editors do?

    • Ordered newspapers to close each week
    • Told editors exactly what to print
    • Let editors choose stories with no approval
    • Let editors print foreign news freely

  12. What is censorship?

    • Controlling or banning what people can read, hear or watch
    • Writing letters to the Reichstag for approval
    • Giving people free choice of news from every country
    • Holding a rally for every new law

  13. What did the endless ranks of marchers in perfect step at the rallies suggest?

    • Free choice and open debate between many different political parties
    • Strength, discipline and total unity
    • Fear of the German army and its weapons in the streets
    • A break from national duties and a holiday from work

  14. Why was radio more powerful than the rallies in reaching people?

    • It was broadcast only in cinemas
    • It was read aloud by teachers in schools
    • It reached people every day in their own homes
    • It was free to listen to only once a year

  15. A teacher says 'Propaganda tells you what to think; censorship makes sure you never hear anything else.' Which example best fits censorship?

    • A rally at Nuremberg attended by 500,000 people in the stadium
    • A speech by Hitler broadcast on the radio at noon to the whole nation
    • Banning foreign films and modern art from cinemas and galleries
    • A poster showing a strong, smiling soldier in a bright and colourful design

  16. Which feature of the rallies made individuals feel tiny and the movement feel unstoppable?

    • Free food handed out to every family
    • Private debates between speakers on stage
    • The vast crowds and the scale of the stadium
    • Quiet prayers held in small local churches

  17. Why is propaganda described as more than simply lying?

    • It is an idea spread only by teachers in schools and youth groups
    • It controls every message so that one idea seems like the only idea
    • It is only used during wartime when armies need support from civilians
    • It only works when the message is completely false and easy to spot

  18. What best explains why Goebbels's propaganda was so effective?

    • It avoided the radio because it was too expensive
    • It used only foreign stations to reach listeners
    • It relied only on violence against newspaper editors
    • It combined spreading Nazi ideas with removing every alternative

  19. What did the loudspeakers placed in streets, cafes and factories do?

    • They let people choose between two radio stations
    • They allowed foreign news to be broadcast
    • They cut costs for every family
    • They made Hitler's speeches impossible to avoid

  20. Why did the rallies control people more than a printed speech did?

    • The speeches were printed in colour in newspapers across the whole country
    • The rallies were held in private homes where guests could hear the speeches
    • People were paid to attend every rally and cheer for the speakers
    • People experienced sound, light, crowd and emotion together

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