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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Speer is disappointed by the mere ___________ "art tour" of Paris that suffices Hitler for life.
(a) Five-hour.
(b) Four-hour.
(c) Three-hour.
(d) Two-hour.

3. In what does Hitler take little interest?
(a) The city.
(b) Vacations.
(c) Nature and winter sports.
(d) Tramps through the public forest.

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

5. Hitler is unwilling to risk a revolution like ____________.
(a) 1891.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1881.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Hitler react to Speer's two-sentence speech?

3. Speer warns that victory must come _______________.

4. What do Bormann, Keitel, and Lammers form to insulate Hitler from others?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the beginning of Speer's time as head of the Armaments Ministry.

2. Describe the massive building projects Hitler desires when Germany's prestige rises during the Berlin Olympic Games.

3. What does Hitler do with a model of Berlin? What does Speer later realize about this model?

4. What happens in June of 1942?

5. Describe Speer's success with Goebbels and Hitler. How is he finally able to impress Hitler?

6. What poor military decisions does Hitler make after the Allied invasion of North Africa?

7. What does Speer learn about Hitler, when he becomes part of Hitler's inner circle?

8. What is interaction like at Obersalzberg?

9. What comment does Hitler make about Berlin, compared to Paris?

10. Describe the new facade of Hitler's headquarters.

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