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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hitler demands ruthless "scorched earth," Speer tries to inspire sympathy for evacuees and reminds him that his order shows a loss of hope. Why does Hitler go along with this?
(a) He believes Speer.
(b) He agrees with Speer.
(c) He does not know what else to do.
(d) To save face.

2. Smelling danger, Bormann calls Speer an enemy of the Party who intends to do what?
(a) Succeed Hitler.
(b) Help the Allies.
(c) Kill Hitler.
(d) Destroy Germany.

3. When does a massive Allied bombing occur?
(a) On November 12, 1944.
(b) On January 12, 1944.
(c) On September 12, 1944.
(d) On April 12, 1944.

4. As the General Staff desires, the Todt Organization begins building defensive positions on the Dnieper. Why does Hitler order this work stopped?
(a) He considers this work to be defeatist.
(b) He considers this work to be too optimistic.
(c) He wants to surrender.
(d) He realizes it is futile.

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

6. Of what is Speer found guilty?
(a) Requisitioning foreign workers and not caring for them adequately.
(b) Allowing concentration camp victims to be used for slave labor.
(c) Being a member of Hitler's inner circle.
(d) Fighting the Allied forces.

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

8. Doenitz struggles to think outside what?
(a) The box.
(b) Normal parameters.
(c) His comfort zone.
(d) The ingrained Nazi framework.

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

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

11. By the autumn of 1943, Speer feels insecure in his own Ministry and begins consolidating his position by doing what?
(a) Letting go hundreds of workers.
(b) Freeing the captives.
(c) Assigning deputy heads.
(d) Stopping armaments production in some factories.

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

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

14. 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) Shooting them.
(b) Introducing poison gas into the bunker's ventilation shaft.
(c) Having the Allies kill them.
(d) Strangling them.

15. When the Cabinet agrees to put all war production under Speer's control, what does Bormann do?
(a) He warns Hitler against being drawn into rivalries.
(b) He asks to assist Speer.
(c) He warns Hitler that Speer is a spy.
(d) He undermines Speer's plans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hearing Hitler's voice, Maj. Remer who commands the troops surrounding Goebbels' Ministry, declares his loyalty and by ______ has crushed the plot.

2. Operation Valkyrie provides for the fast mobilization of the _________________ men always on furlough in Germany as a "Home Army" to face emergencies.

3. Himmler refuses to be excluded from what?

4. Hitler refuses to take ___________ that Morell recommends?

5. In what does the leadership--Speer included--live?

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