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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Assuming that the Allies need a large port to land, what does Hitler do?
(a) He sets a trap at all the ports.
(b) He destroys all the ports.
(c) He protects the coastal area and leaves the ports sparsely protected.
(d) He arms the ports but leaves coastal areas sparsely protected.

3. What does Hitler do as the crisis deepens?
(a) He further closes his mind.
(b) He listens to Speer.
(c) He begins to think more rationally.
(d) He becomes closer to his people.

4. Hitler believes he will still be able to retire to _______ and studies plans.
(a) Heidelberg.
(b) Zempelburg.
(c) Linz.
(d) Czarmun.

5. Himmler refuses to be excluded from what?
(a) The government.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Hitler's inner circle.
(d) Decisions being made.

6. Following the unconditional surrender, Speer wants what?
(a) To be allowed to go free.
(b) To have Hitler captured.
(c) A proclamation accepting responsibility for the war and resignation.
(d) Aid from the Allies.

7. Hitler calms Speer's fears of an armaments collapse by doing what?
(a) Having more factories built.
(b) Giving him positive statistics.
(c) Declaring that Speer will straighten things out again.
(d) Giving Speer a raise.

8. Hitler rejects Jodl's and Speer's attempts at what?
(a) Surrendering.
(b) Analyzing the enemies' capabilities.
(c) Designing new weaponry.
(d) Building more factories.

9. Seeing the futility of the war, Speer is tempted simply to do what?
(a) Disappear.
(b) Join the Allied forces.
(c) Die.
(d) Sleep.

10. The ______ defendants are separated from other prisoners, given intelligence tests, and handed copies of the indictments.
(a) 31.
(b) 21.
(c) 41.
(d) 11.

11. Doenitz signs Speer's edict against demolition and encourages him to address the people for what reason?
(a) Speer is now in charge.
(b) To calm their fears.
(c) To counteract lethargy.
(d) To let them know they have not been abandoned.

12. After a trip to Paris and several weeks in spartan conditions in Chesnay, Speer and the others are trucked back to where?
(a) Kransberg Castle.
(b) Tratzberg Castle.
(c) Manzanares Castle.
(d) Goldgasse Castle.

13. What does Walter Rohland hope Speer can prevent?
(a) War.
(b) A "scorched earth" policy.
(c) "Operational warfare."
(d) The invasion of Germany.

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

15. Industrialists give sober reports. How do Hitler and the generals react?
(a) They believe the reports.
(b) They laugh at the reports.
(c) They listen to the reports.
(d) They condemn the reports as pessimistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Speer regards his life as what?

2. Had the Allies concentrated on attacking _____________ the war would have been lost by 1943.

3. Why does Speer's exuberance at German successes cool?

4. How does Hitler react to viewing Speer's photographs of fugitives?

5. By September 1944, as the Allies are poised to invade Germany, Hitler orders what?

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