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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. The blossoming of Speer's career follows ___________ of Ernst Roehm.
(a) The death.
(b) The "blood purge."
(c) The leadership.
(d) The promotion.

2. What teaches Speer how to adjust to adversity?
(a) His school.
(b) His father.
(c) His physical problems.
(d) His poor upbringing.

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

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

5. Hitler grows increasingly ____________ after the autumn of 1942 as his entourage convinces him that he has superhuman powers.
(a) Worried.
(b) Unsure.
(c) Stubborn.
(d) Depressed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Speer inherit?

3. What creates lasting animosity between Goering and Speer?

4. The new façade of Hitler's headquarters expresses what?

5. Speer's Nuremberg building blends _________________________ but on a monumental scale.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is taking place in Speer's life when he is called to rebuild the Berlin district headquarters? Why might this be?

2. What events take place that show Speer the true side of Hitler and his Nazi Party? How does Speer react to these events?

3. Why is it surprising that Speer joined the Party?

4. How do Speer's ideas clash with Hitler's and the ideas of others?

5. What does Goering have Speer design? Why? Describe this building project.

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

7. What does Hitler appreciate about Speer? How does this lead to work for Speer?

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

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

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

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