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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hitler first meets Margarete at an official reception, he predicts that her husband will erect buildings unseen in how many years?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 40.
(c) 400.
(d) 4.

2. How old is Speer at this point?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 28.
(d) 38.

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

4. Who does this open door affect?
(a) Bormann.
(b) Bormann.
(c) Speer.
(d) Linz.

5. Hitler views grand buildings as what?
(a) A way to bring attention to Germany.
(b) A way to cheer up the people.
(c) A way to restore German self-respect.
(d) A way to show off German skills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hitler appreciate about Speer?

2. Speer takes technical experts to "Fuehrer conferences" for what reason?

3. What does Hitler enjoy?

4. Speer redesigns Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg as ________________ stone structure destined to remain for ages as a witness to the greatness of the builders' epoch.

5. Seeing his forces encircled at Stalingrad, Hitler forbids what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the new facade of Hitler's headquarters.

2. What does Hitler appreciate about Speer? How does this lead to work for Speer?

3. Describe Speer's success with Goebbels and Hitler. How is he finally able to impress Hitler?

4. Describe the beginning of Speer's time as head of the Armaments Ministry.

5. What does Speer do with 130 searchlights?

6. What aspects of Speer's childhood helped to build his character and self-discipline?

7. How do Speer's ideas clash with Hitler's and the ideas of others?

8. What is interaction like at Obersalzberg?

9. Describe Speer's life while being a member of Hitler's entourage.

10. How does Speer come to run the Armaments Ministry?

(see the answer keys)

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