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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. Speer masses 130 searchlights to create the first ____________ and masses striking swastika flags to disguise drab façades.
(a) "Cathedral of light."
(b) "Dance of light."
(c) "Field of light."
(d) "House of light."

2. Hitler views grand buildings as what?
(a) A way to show off German skills.
(b) A way to restore German self-respect.
(c) A way to cheer up the people.
(d) A way to bring attention to Germany.

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

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

5. The new façade of Hitler's headquarters expresses what?
(a) Happiness and strength.
(b) Grandeur and power.
(c) Remoteness and "self-idolatry."
(d) Power and might.

Short Answer Questions

1. With Goebbels and Goering counseling peace, Hitler rapidly conquers what two countries?

2. Hitler refuses Speer's call to employ who in factories?

3. Although Speer is turned off by Joseph Goebbels, what does he do?

4. Hitler calls for making Berlin so beautiful that no one will care if what happens?

5. When Hitler first meets Margarete at an official reception, he predicts that her husband will erect buildings unseen in how many years?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Hitler rapidly conquer Poland and France?

5. What are Speer's plans for the Armaments Ministry? What do others think of his plans?

6. What happens in June of 1942?

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

8. How does Speer come to run the Armaments Ministry?

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

10. How does Speer support and even surpass Hitler's desires?

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