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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. Speer's plan of __________________ uses committees to allocate supplies and oversee weapons design.

2. How does Hitler eliminate an enormous threat?

3. When does Troost die?

4. What happens when Hitler encourages servility among his entourage?

5. Speer tries not to look like what to the staff?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Speer take with him to "Fuehrer conferences?" Why?

2. How do Speer's ideas clash with Hitler's and the ideas of others?

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

4. What aspects of Speer's childhood helped to build his character and self-discipline?

5. How does Speer come to run the Armaments Ministry?

6. What does Hitler appreciate about Speer? How does this lead to work for Speer?

7. How does Hitler rapidly conquer Poland and France?

8. What leads to Speer being put in charge of the Ukraine?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Speer builds grand halls and salons to impress on dignitaries that Hitler is "one of the greatest men in history."

Part 1) Why does Speer do this? Does he believe Hitler is "one of the greatest men in history?" Why or why not?

Part 2) Why might these grand halls and salons give dignitaries the impression that Hitler is a great man?

Part 3) What does Speer think of these grand structures at the time he builds them? How does he feel about these structures later in life? Why?

Part 4) How might these structures be viewed today? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Speer runs the Armaments Ministry.

Part 1) What is the Armaments Ministry? How does he get this job? How does the Armaments Ministry benefit from Speer?

Part 2) How does Speer use his talents as an architect to be successful running the Armaments Ministry?

Part 3) How do Hitler and his men feel about the way Speer runs the Armaments Ministry? How does this affect 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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