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by harsh.champ » Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:23 am
On the one hand Canaris was the great protector of the German opposition against Hitler - on the other hand he was at the same time the one who prepared all the big expansion plans for the acts and crimes of Hitler in the Third Reich. While he highly protected and motivated the opposition members who were eager to fight against Hitler, he was also hunting them as conspirators - _______________________


(A)today Wilhelm Canaris is the number one mystery man of the Nazi regime under Hitler.
(B)in 1938, he made efforts to hinder Hitler from attacking Czechoslovakia and later he played an active role as a peace
maker.
(C)one of the many contradictions he was forced to live with in order to stay in control of the Abwehr.
(D)wherever he went, his Intelligence officers told him of an orgy of massacre.
(E)the man behind the Nazi Abwehr spy network was a shrewd, brilliant spymaster.
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by komal » Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:40 am
harsh.champ wrote:On the one hand Canaris was the great protector of the German opposition against Hitler - on the other hand he was at the same time the one who prepared all the big expansion plans for the acts and crimes of Hitler in the Third Reich. While he highly protected and motivated the opposition members who were eager to fight against Hitler, he was also hunting them as conspirators - _______________________

(A)today Wilhelm Canaris is the number one mystery man of the Nazi regime under Hitler.
Incorrect : From the stimulus above we cannot conclude that he was NUMBER ONE MYSTERY MAN............. hitler.

(B)in 1938, he made efforts to hinder Hitler from attacking Czechoslovakia and later he played an active role as a peace
maker.
Incorrect : Czechoslovakia attack is clearly out of scope

(C)one of the many contradictions he was forced to live with in order to stay in control of the Abwehr.
Correct : The premise shows two contradictory sides of Canaris... One - Protector of German Opposition, Two - Hunter of German Opposition. Hence this can follow the above stated premises.

(D)wherever he went, his Intelligence officers told him of an orgy of massacre.
Incorrect : Stories his officers told him is irrelevant here.

(E)the man behind the Nazi Abwehr spy network was a shrewd, brilliant spymaster.
Incorrect : There is no premise to conclude this. Eliminated !