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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. Whose assistant does Speer become?
(a) Heinrich Heine's.
(b) Heinrich Tessenow's.
(c) Heinrich Himmler's.
(d) Heinrich Harrer's.

2. Speer warns that victory must come _______________.
(a) Now.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Steadily.
(d) Slowly.

3. With Goebbels and Goering counseling peace, Hitler rapidly conquers what two countries?
(a) Austria and Switzerland.
(b) England and Italy.
(c) Sweden and Norway.
(d) Poland and France.

4. Does Speer get time to acclimate to the job before a conference with the military and industry convened by Field Marshal Erhard Milch?
(a) Yes, a great deal of time.
(b) Yes, but very little time.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, some time.

5. Hitler is euphoric at New Year's _______.
(a) 1947.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1948.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hitler is self-controlled but stages what for effect?

2. In what does Hitler take little interest?

3. When Speer champions neglected nuclear research, Goering is again put in charge, but Hitler fails to grasp the potential of fission--"Jewish physics"--and instead concentrates on the ____________ rockets, which Speer considers a "misguided project."

4. In what does the leadership--Speer included--live?

5. Why does Speer's exuberance at German successes cool?

(see the answer key)

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