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Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering

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Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering game quiz
"Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering was a man of contradictions. Physically brave but a moral coward, highly intelligent but a dissipated drug abuser, Goering bluffed his way to infamy."

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1. One of Goering's most attractive features to Hitler was his "rags to riches" fairytale life.
    True
    False


2. Goering began his military career in 1914 as an infantry officer before transferring to aviation. What was the reason for his transfer?
    His family connections got him transferred to less dangerous duties
    He majored in aerodynamic engineering at university
    He was diagnosed with arthritis
    He was incompetent as an infantryman


3. Goering was a sub-par pilot.
    True
    False


4. Goering commanded which famous unit as an aviator during WWI?
    Jagdgeschwader 4
    Jagdgeschwader 2
    Jagdgeschwader 1
    Jagdgeschwader 3


5. Which of the following positions/titles did Goering NOT hold during his life?
    Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe
    Fuehrer
    President of the Reichstag
    Prime Minister of Prussia


6. Goering was known to be addicted to which drug?
    Heroin
    Opium
    Cocaine
    Morphine


7. The Munich Pact allowed Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland. France and the United Kingdom agreed to the Pact due in large part to Goering leading the Luftwaffe to complete domination over other European air forces.
    True
    False


8. How did Goering die while in prison?
    Hanged himself
    Poisoned himself
    Murdered by other Nazi conspirators
    Died while being interrogated


9. Of which charge was Goering NOT found guilty at Nuremberg?
    Crimes against humanity
    War crimes
    Waging an illegal war
    Crimes against peace


10. Goering said the following while being interviewed by Gustave Gilbert, an American German-speaking intelligence officer and psychologist, at Nuremberg: "Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done."
    True
    False


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Compiled May 24 13