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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hitler appreciate about Speer?
(a) His ability to design large structures.
(b) His ability to complete projects quickly.
(c) His interest in Hitler's life.
(d) His obedience.

2. What creates lasting animosity between Goering and Speer?
(a) Goering arrives too late to absorb Milch's domains.
(b) Goering arrives too late to absorb Todt's domains.
(c) Goering arrives too late to absorb Goering's domains.
(d) Goering arrives too late to absorb Goebbel's domains.

3. The new façade of Hitler's headquarters expresses what?
(a) Grandeur and power.
(b) Power and might.
(c) Remoteness and "self-idolatry."
(d) Happiness and strength.

4. Speer notes that great building in antiquity is normally done by whom?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) Artists.
(c) Famous architects.
(d) Despots.

5. How does Hitler react to Speer's two-sentence speech?
(a) He is annoyed by it.
(b) He is angered by it.
(c) He praises it for conciseness.
(d) He is surprised by it.

6. In 1939, Speer guarantees completion of the five-mile core by __________, with the massive cost being spread over many budgets.
(a) 1940.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1950.

7. Germany's prestige rises during what?
(a) The Berlin Olympic Games.
(b) The Salt Lake City Olympic Games.
(c) The Beijing Olympic Games.
(d) The Munich Olympic Games.

8. When does Speer's career blossom?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1924.

9. 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 swastika but a snake.
(c) Not a globe but a swastika.
(d) Not a swastika but a globe.

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

11. In what does Hitler take little interest?
(a) The city.
(b) Vacations.
(c) Nature and winter sports.
(d) Tramps through the public forest.

12. What does Hitler enjoy?
(a) Nature and winter sports.
(b) Animals.
(c) Tramps through the public forest.
(d) Skiing.

13. When does Troost die?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1938.

14. Hitler approves Speer's _______________ for future building.
(a) "Theory of reasoned action."
(b) "Theory of Ruin Value."
(c) "Theory of constraints."
(d) "Theory of mind."

15. When Speer champions neglected nuclear research, Goering is again put in charge, but Hitler fails to grasp the potential of fission--"Jewish physics"--and instead concentrates on the ____________ rockets, which Speer considers a "misguided project."
(a) Peenemünde.
(b) Solid.
(c) Monopropellant.
(d) Hybrid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Driving to Nuremberg with Hitler, Speer sees mobs of cheering people slow the car as Hitler brags about what?

2. Hitler is mistrustful but can be swayed by whom?

3. When was Albert Speer born?

4. What amazes Speer about Hitler?

5. What does Hitler have Speer do to his Berlin office?

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