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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 14-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Speer redesigns Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg as ________________ stone structure destined to remain for ages as a witness to the greatness of the builders' epoch.
(a) A Doric-influenced.
(b) A Corinthean-influenced.
(c) An Ionic-influenced.
(d) A Baroque-influenced.

2. The Chancellery envisaged to replace the one just built is a palace contrasting with what?
(a) The wants of the German people.
(b) Goebbels' propaganda about how simply the Fuehrer lives.
(c) Hitler's desires.
(d) Goebbels' ideas.

3. Although Speer is turned off by Joseph Goebbels, what does he do?
(a) Begins his own party.
(b) Joins the Party.
(c) Meets Hitler.
(d) Quits the Party.

4. Speer takes technical experts to "Fuehrer conferences" for what reason?
(a) To keep Hitler from seizing on superficial facts to make unalterable decisions.
(b) To keep him company.
(c) To keep Hitler from feeling uncomfortable.
(d) To keep Hitler entertained.

5. Why does armament production never reach World War I levels?
(a) Because Germany is too poor.
(b) Because Speer does not want it to.
(c) Because of bureaucratization Speer cannot control.
(d) Because Hitler will not allow it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Speer help deal with Berlin contractors in rebuilding the decrepit Chancellery?

2. The blossoming of Speer's career follows ___________ of Ernst Roehm.

3. Does Speer get time to acclimate to the job before a conference with the military and industry convened by Field Marshal Erhard Milch?

4. News of the Allied invasion of __________ is taken as a feint for a thrust at undefended Italy or southern France.

5. In the summer of 1939, Hitler menacingly orders the eagle on the dome to clutch in its claws what?

(see the answer key)

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