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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Speer goes beyond Hitler's "megalomaniacal notions" in planning urban renewal with a free hand and rescues two international events after the original designers offend Hitler's aesthetics. What are these two events?
(a) The Government Buildings and the pavilion at the Paris World's Fair.
(b) The Government Buildings and the pavilion at the St. Louis World's Fair.
(c) The Olympic Stadium and the pavilion at the St. Louis World's Fair.
(d) The Olympic Stadium and the pavilion at the Paris World's Fair.

2. He rages against the British and the Jews and demands retaliatory raids without what?
(a) Rations.
(b) Maps.
(c) Battle plans.
(d) Planes or bombs.

3. How long does Speer spend in a hospital?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) Six weeks.

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

5. What is one of Hitler's worst decisions?
(a) Using the jet-powered Me-262 as a bomber rather than a fighter.
(b) Using the jet-powered Me-202 as a bomber rather than a fighter.
(c) Using a fighter as a bomber rather than the jet-powered Me-262.
(d) Using a fighter as a bomber rather than the jet-powered Me-202.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Albert Speer born?

2. When the Soviets surround Nikopol, Speer calms Hitler about what?

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

4. 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."

5. In what does Hitler take little interest?

(see the answer key)

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