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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. Does Speer read MEIN KAMPF?

2. Speer is disappointed by the mere ___________ "art tour" of Paris that suffices Hitler for life.

3. Speer warns that victory must come _______________.

4. About what is Hitler careful?

5. Why does Speer build grand halls and salons?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom does Hitler surround himself? How does he act around these people?

2. Describe Speer's life while being a member of Hitler's entourage.

3. Describe Speer's Nuremberg building. How does this reflect Hitler's belief about the importance of architecture?

4. Give examples of Speer's work in 1934 which shows his career blossoming.

5. What leads to Speer's becoming the young man destined to design Hitler's legacy?

6. What poor military decisions does Hitler make after the Allied invasion of North Africa?

7. What happens in June of 1942?

8. What does Hitler do with a model of Berlin? What does Speer later realize about this model?

9. What events take place that show Speer the true side of Hitler and his Nazi Party? How does Speer react to these events?

10. Describe Adolf Hitler Platz.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Speer spends two months in the hospital.

Part 1) Why does he spend two months in the hospital? What takes place during these two months?

Part 2) How does this time affect his influence over Hitler? Why? How do these two become more estranged?

Part 3) How does this time both help and hurt Speer? How might this change in Speer affect his later trial?

Essay Topic 2

Speer is accepted into Hitler's inner circle.

Part 1) What leads to this acceptance? How does this change Speer's life? What do others think about this acceptance? Why?

Part 2) How does Hitler benefit from Speer's work? How influential is Speer's work in Hitler's Germanic Reich?

Part 3) How does Speer fall out of Hitler's good graces? What does this reveal about both Hitler and Speer?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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