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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The East-West axis opens for traffic on the eve of what?
(a) Hitler's 40th birthday.
(b) Easter 1940.
(c) Hitler's 50th birthday.
(d) Christmas 1939.

2. Speer goes beyond Hitler's "megalomaniacal notions" in planning urban renewal with a free hand and rescues two international events after the original designers offend Hitler's aesthetics. What are these two events?
(a) The Olympic Stadium and the pavilion at the Paris World's Fair.
(b) The Government Buildings and the pavilion at the Paris World's Fair.
(c) The Olympic Stadium and the pavilion at the St. Louis World's Fair.
(d) The Government Buildings and the pavilion at the St. Louis World's Fair.

3. Who does Speer help deal with Berlin contractors in rebuilding the decrepit Chancellery?
(a) Dresden architect Paul Ludwig Troost.
(b) Munich architect Paul Ludwig Troost.
(c) Berlin architect Paul Ludwig Troost.
(d) Frankfort architect Paul Ludwig Troost.

4. The blossoming of Speer's career follows ___________ of Ernst Roehm.
(a) The death.
(b) The promotion.
(c) The leadership.
(d) The "blood purge."

5. In the summer of 1939, Hitler menacingly orders the eagle on the dome to clutch in its claws what?
(a) Not a globe but an olive leaf.
(b) Not a globe but a swastika.
(c) Not a swastika but a globe.
(d) Not a swastika but a snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hitler enjoy?

2. When does Troost die?

3. Hitler calls for making Berlin so beautiful that no one will care if what happens?

4. Whose assistant does Speer become?

5. What happens when Hitler encourages servility among his entourage?

(see the answer key)

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