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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 27-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hitler appreciate about Speer?
(a) His interest in Hitler's life.
(b) His obedience.
(c) His ability to design large structures.
(d) His ability to complete projects quickly.

2. Speer's Nuremberg building blends _________________________ but on a monumental scale.
(a) Tessenow's classicism and Troost's simplicity.
(b) Troost's modernism and Tessenow's classicism.
(c) Tessenow's modernism and Troost's simplicity.
(d) Troost's classicism and Tessenow's simplicity.

3. The new façade of Hitler's headquarters expresses what?
(a) Happiness and strength.
(b) Remoteness and "self-idolatry."
(c) Power and might.
(d) Grandeur and power.

4. By the autumn of 1943, Speer feels insecure in his own Ministry and begins consolidating his position by doing what?
(a) Freeing the captives.
(b) Stopping armaments production in some factories.
(c) Letting go hundreds of workers.
(d) Assigning deputy heads.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After coldly rejecting Speer's plan for a joint operation with the Air Force, Hitler visits the sickroom, hearing what?

2. The Chancellery envisaged to replace the one just built is a palace contrasting with what?

3. Back in Berlin, Speer learns that his name appears in the rebels' planned government, but what saves his life?

4. How old is Speer at this point?

5. What develops Speer's self-discipline and joy in taking common action?

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