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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although Speer is turned off by Joseph Goebbels, what does he do?
(a) Joins the Party.
(b) Quits the Party.
(c) Begins his own party.
(d) Meets Hitler.

2. Speer's plan of __________________ uses committees to allocate supplies and oversee weapons design.
(a) "Industrial self-respect."
(b) "Industrial strength."
(c) "Industrial clarity."
(d) "Industrial self-responsibility."

3. 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 Government Buildings and the pavilion at the St. Louis World's Fair.
(d) The Olympic Stadium and the pavilion at the St. Louis World's Fair.

4. Hitler turns to building the autobahn and making Berlin surpass Paris and Vienna in beauty. Hitler specifies an avenue how many yards wide terminated at one end by a great domed meeting hall dwarfing St. Peter's in Rome and at the other by an arch of triumph dwarfing Paris?
(a) 1300.
(b) 130.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 30.

5. Hitler grows increasingly ____________ after the autumn of 1942 as his entourage convinces him that he has superhuman powers.
(a) Depressed.
(b) Worried.
(c) Stubborn.
(d) Unsure.

6. Opting out of a flight to Berlin, Speer survives the crash that kills who?
(a) Goering.
(b) Milch.
(c) Todt.
(d) Goebbels.

7. Hitler calls for making Berlin so beautiful that no one will care if what happens?
(a) London is destroyed.
(b) Paris is destroyed.
(c) Munich is destroyed.
(d) Frankfort is destroyed.

8. What does Hitler have Speer do to his Berlin office?
(a) Redecorate it.
(b) Rebuild it.
(c) Double it in size.
(d) Enlarge it and add a balcony.

9. About what is Hitler careful?
(a) His public image.
(b) Military strategies.
(c) Controlling his temper.
(d) His friends.

10. When does Speer work for the Reich?
(a) As an old man.
(b) Late at night.
(c) Day and night.
(d) In the morning.

11. News of the Allied invasion of __________ is taken as a feint for a thrust at undefended Italy or southern France.
(a) North Africa.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

12. How is Speer when he is called to rebuild the Berlin district headquarters?
(a) Little involved in the Party and out of work.
(b) Building his career.
(c) Busy with many projects.
(d) Still in architecture school.

13. Speer takes technical experts to "Fuehrer conferences" for what reason?
(a) To keep Hitler from seizing on superficial facts to make unalterable decisions.
(b) To keep him company.
(c) To keep Hitler entertained.
(d) To keep Hitler from feeling uncomfortable.

14. Hitler rejects innovation and never understands what is crucial?
(a) Recycled metal parts.
(b) Intelligent machinists.
(c) Adequate facilities.
(d) Adequate spare parts.

15. Why does Speer build grand halls and salons?
(a) To impress his family.
(b) To impresss Hitler.
(c) To impress on dignitaries that Hitler is "one of the greatest men in history."
(d) To promote his work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Speer masses 130 searchlights to create the first ____________ and masses striking swastika flags to disguise drab façades.

2. Speer's suggestion of diverting construction workers gains grudging approval from Hitler, and Todt puts Speer in charge of what?

3. What teaches Speer how to adjust to adversity?

4. How often does Hitler reveal his feelings?

5. Hitler views grand buildings as what?

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