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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hitler raises the specter of using the nerve agent _________ against the Soviets.
(a) Acetylcholine.
(b) Biperiden.
(c) Sarin.
(d) Tabun.

2. How does Hitler react to viewing Speer's photographs of fugitives?
(a) He cries.
(b) He shows no emotion.
(c) He is embarrassed.
(d) He becomes angry.

3. Speer is ready to give in to the Gauleiters' pressure to control armaments production and ready to give in for lack of support unless Hitler does what?
(a) Helps him.
(b) Steps down.
(c) Clarifies the chain of command.
(d) Puts him in charge.

4. Speer resorts to lies and deception for what reason?
(a) To protect his family.
(b) To save himself.
(c) To prevent Hitler and his henchmen from destroying the economy before the Allies' ruinous Morgenthau Plan arrives.
(d) To kill Hitler and his henchmen.

5. Declaring Stalin right in 1937 to have purged his generals, Hitler is sure of victory after doing what?
(a) Killing every general.
(b) Bribing his generals.
(c) Exterminating every traitor.
(d) Spying on his generals.

6. Hitler refuses to take ___________ that Morell recommends?
(a) The long walks.
(b) Pills.
(c) Vacations.
(d) Naps.

7. Speer waives appeal to how many years imprisonment?
(a) 2.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

8. The Soviet offensive begins when?
(a) On June 12, 1945.
(b) On November 12, 1945.
(c) On April 12, 1945.
(d) On January 12, 1945.

9. What are civilians begging the army not to do?
(a) Desert them.
(b) Defend their towns.
(c) Give in to the Allies.
(d) Retreat.

10. Hitler is more shaken by damage reports than __________ and orders impossible repairs of theaters to keep up public morale.
(a) Battles.
(b) Allied invasions.
(c) Casualties.
(d) Propaganda.

11. Speer helps the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) evaluate the air war in what atmosphere?
(a) An anxious one.
(b) A nervous one.
(c) An angry one.
(d) A comradely one.

12. Based on a quotation from MEIN KAMPF about the duty of the people to revolt against state tyranny, Speer plans to kill Hitler, Bormann, Goebbels, and Ley by doing what?
(a) Having the Allies kill them.
(b) Shooting them.
(c) Introducing poison gas into the bunker's ventilation shaft.
(d) Strangling them.

13. Why does Speer's exuberance at German successes cool?
(a) Hitler stops listening to him.
(b) As Allied bombings begin affecting production.
(c) He no longer wants to help Germany win the war.
(d) His tactics no longer work.

14. How long does Speer spend in a hospital?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) One month.

15. When did Col. Claus von Stauffenberg try to assassinate Hitler?
(a) On November 20, 1944.
(b) On July 20, 1944.
(c) On September 20, 1944.
(d) On April 20, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hitler rejects Jodl's and Speer's attempts at what?

2. Speer wonders if he looks as rundown as who?

3. While Speer recovers for six weeks with his family, what happens?

4. Smelling danger, Bormann calls Speer an enemy of the Party who intends to do what?

5. Once Hitler sees a military angle, he pushes production and Himmler offers who as workers?

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