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

2. When can Speer and his associates work on designs?
(a) Only when Hitler is in conferences.
(b) Only when Hitler is ill.
(c) Only when Hitler is in Berlin.
(d) Only when Hitler is sleeping.

3. Why does Hitler surround himself with "flawed" men?
(a) To better understand the common man.
(b) To feel normal.
(c) To feel superior.
(d) To test his knowledge.

4. Speer is disappointed by the mere ___________ "art tour" of Paris that suffices Hitler for life.
(a) Four-hour.
(b) Five-hour.
(c) Three-hour.
(d) Two-hour.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Speer build grand halls and salons?

3. What do Bormann, Keitel, and Lammers form to insulate Hitler from others?

4. Speer enters Hitler's inner circle in Berlin and at his mountain retreat at Obersalzberg and meets _____________.

5. Top figures in industry and government endorse Speer's scheme, and despite Goering's threat to resign as head of the Four-Year Plan and Speer's promise to work within his framework, Hitler gives Speer what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Speer support and even surpass Hitler's desires?

2. What poor military decisions does Hitler make after the Allied invasion of North Africa?

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

4. What does Speer learn about Hitler, when he becomes part of Hitler's inner circle?

5. Describe the massive building projects Hitler desires when Germany's prestige rises during the Berlin Olympic Games.

6. What is significant about 1934 for Speer?

7. What does Speer do with 130 searchlights?

8. Describe Adolf Hitler Platz.

9. What leads to Speer's becoming the young man destined to design Hitler's legacy?

10. Describe Speer's Nuremberg building. How does this reflect Hitler's belief about the importance of architecture?

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