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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How often does Hitler reveal his feelings?
(a) Seldom.
(b) Constantly.
(c) Often.
(d) Never.
2. Who does Hitler say will be the loser of the war?
(a) The side that makes the greatest blunders.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Allies.
(d) Those who mock him.
3. 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.
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 Hitler from feeling uncomfortable.
(c) To keep Hitler entertained.
(d) To keep him company.
5. How does Speer benefit from helping this person?
(a) He gets a raise.
(b) He gains new skills in the architectural field.
(c) He meets Hitler.
(d) He attracts Hitler's attention, is invited to dinner, and becomes the young man destined to design Hitler's legacy.
6. Why does armament production never reach World War I levels?
(a) Because Speer does not want it to.
(b) Because Germany is too poor.
(c) Because Hitler will not allow it.
(d) Because of bureaucratization Speer cannot control.
7. What develops Speer's self-discipline and joy in taking common action?
(a) Joining a rowing association.
(b) Joining the choir.
(c) Joining the football team.
(d) Joining the military.
8. Himmler offers who to make bricks and quarry granite?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) German civilians.
(c) Prison and concentration camp workers.
(d) His SS men.
9. 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 Olympic Stadium and the pavilion at the St. Louis World's Fair.
(b) The Government Buildings and the pavilion at the St. Louis World's Fair.
(c) The Government Buildings and the pavilion at the Paris World's Fair.
(d) The Olympic Stadium and the pavilion at the Paris World's Fair.
10. Speer is disappointed by the mere ___________ "art tour" of Paris that suffices Hitler for life.
(a) Five-hour.
(b) Three-hour.
(c) Two-hour.
(d) Four-hour.
11. What does Hitler appreciate about Speer?
(a) His obedience.
(b) His ability to design large structures.
(c) His interest in Hitler's life.
(d) His ability to complete projects quickly.
12. What happens when Hitler encourages servility among his entourage?
(a) He becomes worried by it.
(b) He becomes unsure about it.
(c) He becomes corrupted by it.
(d) He becomes annoyed by it.
13. What does Hitler have Speer do to his Berlin office?
(a) Enlarge it and add a balcony.
(b) Rebuild it.
(c) Double it in size.
(d) Redecorate it.
14. Goering is jealous of the military impinging on what?
(a) His Four-Year Plan.
(b) His Three-Year Plan.
(c) His Two-Year Plan.
(d) His Five-Year Plan.
15. Opting out of a flight to Berlin, Speer survives the crash that kills who?
(a) Goering.
(b) Todt.
(c) Milch.
(d) Goebbels.
Short Answer Questions
1. Within six months, production increases without what?
2. What does Speer inherit?
3. How does Hitler eliminate an enormous threat?
4. As Dr. Fritz Todt's Ministry of Armaments faces overwhelming tasks, Speer volunteers to do what?
5. Why does Speer build grand halls and salons?
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