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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. How often does Hitler reveal his feelings?

2. Hitler turns to building the autobahn and making Berlin surpass Paris and Vienna in beauty. Hitler specifies an avenue how many yards wide terminated at one end by a great domed meeting hall dwarfing St. Peter's in Rome and at the other by an arch of triumph dwarfing Paris?

3. Who does Speer help deal with Berlin contractors in rebuilding the decrepit Chancellery?

4. The new Reichstag would be the world's greatest assembly hall but has no ___________.

5. How does Hitler react to Speer's two-sentence speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Speer's success with Goebbels and Hitler. How is he finally able to impress Hitler?

2. What is taking place in Speer's life when he is called to rebuild the Berlin district headquarters? Why might this be?

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

4. Describe the beginning of Speer's time as head of the Armaments Ministry.

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

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

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

8. Why is it surprising that Speer joined the Party?

9. Describe Adolf Hitler Platz.

10. How does Hitler rapidly conquer Poland and France?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hitler aims for a Great Germanic Reich.

Part 1) Describe Hitler's plans for this Reich. How have his plans developed and evolved throughout this book? What does Speer think about these plans?

Part 2) How is this foreshadowed early in the book? Why do his plans for this powerful nation fall through?

Part 3) Why might this power be so important to Hitler? Why might he be able to convince others that they too want a powerful Germanic Reich?

Part 4) Who has power in your world? How have they come by this power? How do they deal with this power? How does it affect you?

Essay Topic 2

Hitler closes his mind as the crisis deepens.

Part 1) Why does he do this? How does this reinforce his character? How does this affect his ability to make good decisions?

Part 2) Could a German victory have occurred if Hitler had not reacted this way in moments of Crisis? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do you react in times of crisis? How does this affect your ability to make decisions?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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