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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hitler have Speer do to his Berlin office?
(a) Rebuild it.
(b) Redecorate it.
(c) Double it in size.
(d) Enlarge it and add a balcony.

3. Why does Speer build grand halls and salons?
(a) To promote his work.
(b) To impress on dignitaries that Hitler is "one of the greatest men in history."
(c) To impresss Hitler.
(d) To impress his family.

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

5. Driving to Nuremberg with Hitler, Speer sees mobs of cheering people slow the car as Hitler brags about what?
(a) Only Luther has so stirred Germans.
(b) How wealthy he is.
(c) How intelligent he is.
(d) How much fun his job is.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what does Hitler take little interest?

2. Speer redesigns Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg as ________________ stone structure destined to remain for ages as a witness to the greatness of the builders' epoch.

3. What does Hitler appreciate about Speer?

4. What happens when Hitler encourages servility among his entourage?

5. 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.

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