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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, Chapters 33-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Speer holds off Hitler's orders by suggesting what?
(a) Demolition of only the bridges to the cities.
(b) The POWs be allowed to escape.
(c) All leaders go into hiding.
(d) Reconquest is still possible.

2. When was Albert Speer born?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1900.

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

4. Once Hitler sees a military angle, he pushes production and Himmler offers who as workers?
(a) His SS men.
(b) His family.
(c) Concentration camp prisoners.
(d) Military prisoners.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 28, "The Plunge," opens with Hitler again supporting ____________ against Speer.

2. Hitler talks of making __________ a metropolis and retiring there.

3. As the General Staff desires, the Todt Organization begins building defensive positions on the Dnieper. Why does Hitler order this work stopped?

4. Speer masses 130 searchlights to create the first ____________ and masses striking swastika flags to disguise drab façades.

5. What else does Hitler enjoy?

(see the answer key)

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