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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Speer breaks taboo by doing what?

2. He says his fate matters little when weighed against what?

3. Hitler is more shaken by damage reports than __________ and orders impossible repairs of theaters to keep up public morale.

4. Speer is allowed to state his views but forbidden to do what?

5. Speer warns Hitler that the end is near but is ignored and told to do what to support the decisive offensive Hitler is launching in the West?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hitler say during his last radio address?

2. What does Hitler do regarding the Todt Organization's building of defensive positions on the Dnieper? Why does he do this? How does this affect Germany?

3. What does Speer say about the danger of dictatorships?

4. How does Chapter 28 open?

5. What does Speer convince Hitler to do regarding Russian prisoners? Why is this, in the end, not necessary?

6. What does Hitler do when he ignores Speer's calls to cripple key Allied resources? How does he then calm Speer's fears of an armaments collapse?

7. How does Speer's exuberance at German successes begin to cool? What saves Germany at this point?

8. What happens to Speer and the other defendants at Nuremberg?

9. How does Chapter 33 open, regarding Doenitz?

10. How does Speer help evacuees during Hitler's "scorched earth" plan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hitler aims for a Great Germanic Reich.

Part 1) Describe Hitler's plans for this Reich. How have his plans developed and evolved throughout this book? What does Speer think about these plans?

Part 2) How is this foreshadowed early in the book? Why do his plans for this powerful nation fall through?

Part 3) Why might this power be so important to Hitler? Why might he be able to convince others that they too want a powerful Germanic Reich?

Part 4) Who has power in your world? How have they come by this power? How do they deal with this power? How does it affect you?

Essay Topic 2

Speer is accepted into Hitler's inner circle.

Part 1) What leads to this acceptance? How does this change Speer's life? What do others think about this acceptance? Why?

Part 2) How does Hitler benefit from Speer's work? How influential is Speer's work in Hitler's Germanic Reich?

Part 3) How does Speer fall out of Hitler's good graces? What does this reveal about both Hitler and Speer?

Essay Topic 3

Speer is a talented architect.

Part 1) Describe his training and four building projects he designed. How does each project show his talent? How does his personality aid in each building project?

Part 2) What does Speer think about the way he used his talent? Why does he feel this way? How does he try to right the mistakes he has made?

Part 3) What do Speer's actions reveal about his personality?

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