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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. Hitler hints at aims for a great Germanic Reich stretching from ______________.

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

3. What else does Hitler enjoy?

4. When Hitler first meets Margarete at an official reception, he predicts that her husband will erect buildings unseen in how many years?

5. Hitler is unwilling to risk a revolution like ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in June of 1942?

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

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

5. What does Goering have Speer design? Why? Describe this building project.

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

7. What are Speer's plans for the Armaments Ministry? What do others think of his plans?

8. What is the "Committee of Three?"

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. What is interaction like at Obersalzberg?

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

A massive bombing by the Allies occurs on November 12, 1944.

Part 1) Describe this bombing. How does it affect Germany? How is it foreshadowed in this book?

Part 2) What other tactics help the war swing in the Allies' favor? How are German military tactics partially responsible for the Allies' victories?

Part 3) How does this bombing represent the end for Germany?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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