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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. Hitler turns to building the autobahn and making Berlin surpass Paris and Vienna in beauty. Hitler specifies an avenue how many yards wide terminated at one end by a great domed meeting hall dwarfing St. Peter's in Rome and at the other by an arch of triumph dwarfing Paris?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 1300.
(c) 130.
(d) 30.

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

3. What does Hitler appreciate about Speer?
(a) His obedience.
(b) His interest in Hitler's life.
(c) His ability to design large structures.
(d) His ability to complete projects quickly.

4. The new Reichstag would be the world's greatest assembly hall but has no ___________.
(a) Living quarters.
(b) Legislative function.
(c) Eating quarters.
(d) Windows.

5. Hitler hints at aims for a great Germanic Reich stretching from ______________.
(a) China to Spain.
(b) Russia to Australia.
(c) Norway to northern Italy.
(d) Iceland to Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Speer build grand halls and salons?

2. Hitler grows increasingly ____________ after the autumn of 1942 as his entourage convinces him that he has superhuman powers.

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

4. Hitler is unwilling to risk a revolution like ____________.

5. What does Hitler enjoy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What aspects of Speer's childhood helped to build his character and self-discipline?

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

4. Describe Speer's life while being a member of Hitler's entourage.

5. Who does Speer take with him to "Fuehrer conferences?" Why?

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

7. With whom does Hitler surround himself? How does he act around these people?

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

9. What is the "Committee of Three?"

10. Give examples of Speer's work in 1934 which shows his career blossoming.

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