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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 130.
(b) 13,000.
(c) 30.
(d) 1300.

2. The East-West axis opens for traffic on the eve of what?
(a) Christmas 1939.
(b) Hitler's 40th birthday.
(c) Hitler's 50th birthday.
(d) Easter 1940.

3. What happens when Hitler encourages servility among his entourage?
(a) He becomes unsure about it.
(b) He becomes worried by it.
(c) He becomes corrupted by it.
(d) He becomes annoyed by it.

4. Goering is jealous of the military impinging on what?
(a) His Two-Year Plan.
(b) His Three-Year Plan.
(c) His Four-Year Plan.
(d) His Five-Year Plan.

5. How does Speer benefit from helping this person?
(a) He meets Hitler.
(b) He gains new skills in the architectural field.
(c) He attracts Hitler's attention, is invited to dinner, and becomes the young man destined to design Hitler's legacy.
(d) He gets a raise.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what does Hitler take little interest?

2. Chapter 6, "The Greatest Assignment," opens with Hitler choosing to ally with Italy over ____________ and seizing the Rhineland while still lacking an army or air force.

3. Why does Speer build grand halls and salons?

4. Speer's success with Goebbels and Hitler has its ups and downs until when?

5. What does Hitler enjoy?

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