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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 Chancellery envisaged to replace the one just built is a palace contrasting with what?
(a) Goebbels' ideas.
(b) The wants of the German people.
(c) Hitler's desires.
(d) Goebbels' propaganda about how simply the Fuehrer lives.

2. Hitler is self-controlled but stages what for effect?
(a) Movies.
(b) Outbursts.
(c) Comedies.
(d) Plays.

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

4. When does Troost die?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1934.

5. Himmler offers who to make bricks and quarry granite?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) German civilians.
(c) Prison and concentration camp workers.
(d) His SS men.

Short Answer Questions

1. The East-West axis opens for traffic on the eve of what?

2. What does Hitler appreciate about Speer?

3. Speer enters Hitler's inner circle in Berlin and at his mountain retreat at Obersalzberg and meets _____________.

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

5. In the summer of 1939, Hitler menacingly orders the eagle on the dome to clutch in its claws what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Speer do with 130 searchlights?

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