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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Had the Allies concentrated on attacking _____________ the war would have been lost by 1943.
(a) Berlin.
(b) The coastline.
(c) Hitler's bunker.
(d) Key armaments factories.

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

5. What city surrenders peacefully?
(a) Frankfort.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Hamburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the invasions of Africa and Italy, Hitler is certain what can happen?

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

3. The Soviet offensive begins when?

4. What does this bombing do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Allied bombing on November 12, 1944 do to Germany? What are the reactions to this bombing?

2. What meeting does Speer mediate? Why? What is the result of this meeting?

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

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

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

6. What happens when Speers warns Hitler that the end is near?

7. How does Chapter 29 find Speer?

8. What takes place during an evening with Hitler?

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

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

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