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

2. Had Speer known about Hitler's intentions, what would he have done?
(a) Murdered Hitler.
(b) Left the party and/or Germany.
(c) Started his own party.
(d) Joined the party.

3. The new Reichstag would be the world's greatest assembly hall but has no ___________.
(a) Windows.
(b) Eating quarters.
(c) Living quarters.
(d) Legislative function.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Goering have Speer design a new Air Ministry?

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

4. Hitler views grand buildings as what?

5. How does Hitler eliminate an enormous threat?

(see the answer key)

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