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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. What door is opened upon Troost's death?
(a) The position for leader of the Armaments Ministry.
(b) The position of treasurer.
(c) The position for primary architect.
(d) The position of assistant to Hitler.

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

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

4. When winter closes in on the Russian front, the Soviets destroy what, leaving the Germans unable to resupply themselves?
(a) The railroad system.
(b) Planes.
(c) Roads.
(d) Buses.

5. Does Speer become anti-Semitic?
(a) Only at first.
(b) No.
(c) Later in life.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hitler hints at aims for a great Germanic Reich stretching from ______________.

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

3. When was Albert Speer born?

4. In 1939, Speer guarantees completion of the five-mile core by __________, with the massive cost being spread over many budgets.

5. Driving to Nuremberg with Hitler, Speer sees mobs of cheering people slow the car as Hitler brags about what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Adolf Hitler Platz.

4. What is significant about 1934 for Speer?

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

6. What happens in June of 1942?

7. What leads to Speer's becoming the young man destined to design Hitler's legacy?

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

9. What is the "Committee of Three?"

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

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