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. According to Shirer, what was General Ludwig Beck's "fatal flaw"?
Cruelty
Forgot to see the Taken trilogy
Indecision
Cowardice
Q. What caused the downfall of General Freiherr Werner von Fritsch?
A scandalous marriage
Defeat on the battlefield
Lost the 100-meter backstroke at the Munich Olympics
A Gestapo frame-up
Q. Which German Army general does Shirer describe as being deeply "under the spell of Hitler," and as having "hitched his star" to the Nazi Fuehrer?
General Kurt von Schleicher
General Alfred Jodl
General Mills
General Ludwig Beck
Q. Second only to Hitler, which German Army officer became the head of the High Command of the Armed Forces (the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW)?
Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Marshall Field
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Q. Which German Army officer does Shirer describe as "a man of astonishing gifts for a professional Army officer," with "a fine physique," "a striking handsomeness," and "a brilliant, inquisitive, splendidly balanced mind"?
Count von Stauffenberg
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Admiral Liam von Neeson
Admiral Mark von Wahlberg