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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As Dr. Fritz Todt's Ministry of Armaments faces overwhelming tasks, Speer volunteers to do what?
(a) Assist him.
(b) Find him an assistant.
(c) Tell Hitler he needs more help.
(d) Take over his job.

3. Speer's plan of __________________ uses committees to allocate supplies and oversee weapons design.
(a) "Industrial self-responsibility."
(b) "Industrial self-respect."
(c) "Industrial clarity."
(d) "Industrial strength."

4. Speer's Nuremberg building blends _________________________ but on a monumental scale.
(a) Tessenow's classicism and Troost's simplicity.
(b) Tessenow's modernism and Troost's simplicity.
(c) Troost's modernism and Tessenow's classicism.
(d) Troost's classicism and Tessenow's simplicity.

5. Through a detailed model of Berlin, Hitler loves to "enter his avenue" to do what?
(a) To come up with questions to ask Speer.
(b) Make changes.
(c) Feel happy.
(d) Evaluate the future effect.

6. What amazes Speer about Hitler?
(a) How odd he is.
(b) How intelligent he is.
(c) How talented he is.
(d) How he squanders time.

7. Speer warns that victory must come _______________.
(a) Slowly.
(b) Now.
(c) Steadily.
(d) Quickly.

8. Germany's prestige rises during what?
(a) The Salt Lake City Olympic Games.
(b) The Berlin Olympic Games.
(c) The Beijing Olympic Games.
(d) The Munich Olympic Games.

9. When it becomes clear that it has been pre-arranged for Milch to control the whole war economy, Speer appeals to Hitler who demands what?
(a) They leave Milch alone.
(b) They put Speer in control of the whole war economy.
(c) They ignore Speer.
(d) They treat Speer as a gentleman.

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

11. Who does Speer help deal with Berlin contractors in rebuilding the decrepit Chancellery?
(a) Berlin architect Paul Ludwig Troost.
(b) Frankfort architect Paul Ludwig Troost.
(c) Dresden architect Paul Ludwig Troost.
(d) Munich architect Paul Ludwig Troost.

12. How often does Hitler reveal his feelings?
(a) Seldom.
(b) Never.
(c) Constantly.
(d) Often.

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

14. Speer's suggestion of diverting construction workers gains grudging approval from Hitler, and Todt puts Speer in charge of what?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) The vast Ukraine.
(d) Mongolia.

15. Who does Hitler say will be the loser of the war?
(a) The Germans.
(b) Those who mock him.
(c) The side that makes the greatest blunders.
(d) The Allies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Driving to Nuremberg with Hitler, Speer sees mobs of cheering people slow the car as Hitler brags about what?

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. Goering is jealous of the military impinging on what?

4. Speer does away with piecemeal production, embraces "industrial mass production," and eliminates department chiefs' setting of independent priorities. Some complain of his __________ methods, but Hitler appreciates impulsive genius.

5. Top figures in industry and government endorse Speer's scheme, and despite Goering's threat to resign as head of the Four-Year Plan and Speer's promise to work within his framework, Hitler gives Speer what?

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