What type of challenge did the Weimar Republic face from the beginning?

Correct answer: Political opposition and economic crisis

Direct answer: Option A, political opposition and economic crisis. The Weimar Republic faced trouble from its very beginning because it was created during a period of defeat, revolution and uncertainty. Some groups opposed parliamentary democracy and wanted a different political system. At the same time, Germany suffered economic pressure, reparations, debt, unemployment and later severe inflation. These political and economic problems weakened public confidence in the new republic. Option A is correct because it includes both major types of early challenge. Option B is wrong because sports were not the central threat to the government. Option C is wrong because weather could not explain the republic’s political instability and financial problems. Option D is wrong because music was unrelated to the main challenges. The key reasoning is: defeat and political change created opposition; postwar financial burdens created economic crisis; together they made democracy unstable. Memory cue: early Weimar problems were political from inside and economic from outside pressures.