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Night of the Long Knives - Quiz
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  • 1. What is another name for the Night of the Long Knives?
A) The Brownshirt Rebellion
B) The Weimar Purge
C) Operation Hummingbird
D) The German Coup
  • 2. When did the Night of the Long Knives take place?
A) 30 June to 2 July 1934
B) 13 July to 15 July 1934
C) 1 June to 3 June 1933
D) 30 January to 2 February 1933
  • 3. Which organization did Ernst Röhm lead?
A) Gestapo
B) Schutzstaffel (SS)
C) Reichswehr
D) Sturmabteilung (SA)
  • 4. Who headed the Gestapo during the purge?
A) Hermann Göring
B) Gregor Strasser
C) Reinhard Heydrich
D) Heinrich Himmler
  • 5. Which former Chancellor was killed during the purge?
A) Adolf Hitler
B) Paul von Hindenburg
C) Kurt von Schleicher
D) Franz von Papen
  • 6. What was the main reason Hitler wanted to suppress the SA?
A) To expand the Reichstag's power
B) To alleviate German military concerns
C) To support the Communist revolution
D) To increase taxes on the aristocracy
  • 7. What was the primary paramilitary force used by Hitler to carry out the killings?
A) Schutzstaffel (SS)
B) The Bavarian Police
C) Freikorps
D) Social Democratic Militia
  • 8. What was the estimated death toll of the purge according to some sources?
A) 100 to 200
B) 2,000 to 5,000
C) 700 to 1,000
D) 50 to 100
  • 9. What nickname was Ernst Röhm given in the early 1920s?
A) The Machine Gun King of Bavaria
B) The Brownshirt General
C) The Architect of the Purge
D) The Beer Hall Putschist
  • 10. What did Hitler call himself in his speech to the Reichstag on 13 July 1934?
A) The Supreme Commander of the SA
B) The administrator of justice of the German people
C) The Protector of the Weimar Republic
D) The sole voice of the German Army
  • 11. What was the 'Röhm Putsch' in Nazi propaganda?
A) An alleged imminent coup by the SA
B) An attempt to restore the monarchy
C) A plan to save the economy
D) A strategy for foreign diplomacy
  • 12. Why were the Freikorps initially formed?
A) To support the Social Democrats
B) To act as the official army of the Weimar Republic
C) To protect foreign diplomats
D) To deal with the threat of a Communist revolution
  • 13. What were the members of the SA colloquially called?
A) Reds
B) Greenshirts
C) Blackshirts
D) Brownshirts
  • 14. What was the primary goal of the purge regarding the military?
A) To replace all generals with SS officers
B) To force the military to join the SA
C) To appease the Reichswehr leaders
D) To disband the military completely
  • 15. Which Bavarian politician was killed for his role in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch?
A) Gustav Ritter von Kahr
B) Kurt von Schleicher
C) Franz von Papen
D) Gregor Strasser
  • 16. Which prominent stormtrooper spoke loudly for the continuation of the German revolution?
A) Edmund Heines
B) Ernst Röhm
C) Werner von Blomberg
D) Max Heydebreck
  • 17. Which event did Röhm participate in as an early member of the Nazi Party?
A) The March on Berlin
B) Munich Beer Hall Putsch
C) The Battle of Verdun
D) The Night of the Long Knives
  • 18. What was the nickname given to Blomberg by his critics in the army?
A) The Old Fox
B) The Prussian Noble
C) The Iron General
D) The Rubber Lion
  • 19. How did many officers of the Prussian nobility view the SA?
A) As a superior combat force
B) As a plebeian rabble
C) As a necessary partner
D) As a disciplined militia
  • 20. What did Max Heydebreck call the officers of the army?
A) Heroes
B) Swine
C) Mentors
D) Patriots
  • 21. Who did the stormtroopers wait to die before marching against the army?
A) Werner von Blomberg
B) Edmund Heines
C) Papa Hindenburg
D) Adolf Hitler
  • 22. By the beginning of 1934, what was the approximate membership of the SA?
A) One hundred thousand men
B) One million men
C) Over three million men
D) Five hundred thousand men
  • 23. What demeaning term did Röhm use to refer to Hitler?
A) The puppet of the army
B) The ridiculous corporal
C) The false leader
D) The weak politician
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