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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. Back in Berlin, Speer learns that his name appears in the rebels' planned government, but what saves his life?

2. Who does Hitler number with Braun and Speer as his only friends?

3. Declaring Stalin right in 1937 to have purged his generals, Hitler is sure of victory after doing what?

4. Hitler believes he will still be able to retire to _______ and studies plans.

5. When did Col. Claus von Stauffenberg try to assassinate Hitler?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chapter 33 open, regarding Doenitz?

2. What is Operation Valkyrie? What is the result of this operation?

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

4. What happens to Speer as the war comes to an end?

5. How does Chapter 27 open?

6. How are the Allies able to invade Germany? How does Hitler deal with this invasion?

7. What takes place during an evening with Hitler?

8. What takes place while Speers is in the hospital for two months?

9. How does Speer quickly save his ability to influence Hitler?

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

Speer exploits the captured countries to produce civilian goods.

Part 1) How does he go about doing this? Why does he do this? How does this benefit Germany?

Part 2) How does the production of weaponry become an issue in this book? How does it affect the war?

Part 3) How does this exploitation affect your opinion of Speer? Should he exploit captured countries in this way? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Hitler calls for making Berlin so beautiful that no one will care if Paris is destroyed.

Part 1) What do others think about this statement? How does this threaten Paris, France as a whole, and other nations?

Part 2) What does this statement reveal about Hitler? How does Speer go about making this statement true?

Part 3) Does Berlin ever gain popularity as a city more beautiful than Paris? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Speer sees the futility of war.

Part 1) How does he begin to see this? How does this affect his relationships with others? How does this affect his behavior?

Part 2) How does he try to warn and help Hitler? Why does Hitler not take him seriously?

Part 3) How might Hitler's Germany have ended up differently if he had listened to Speer?

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