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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. Why does Goering have Speer design a new Air Ministry?

2. Hitler refuses Speer's call to employ who in factories?

3. What takes place in 1927?

4. Who becomes too much for Hitler and ends some of his enjoyment?

5. Speer's success with Goebbels and Hitler has its ups and downs until when?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is interaction like at Obersalzberg?

3. Describe Adolf Hitler Platz.

4. What is the "Committee of Three?"

5. What does Speer do with 130 searchlights?

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

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

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

9. What happens in June of 1942?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Speer's influence shrinks.

Part 1) How does he first gain influence? How does he then lose this influence?

Part 2) How do the events at the time affect Speer's influence? How does Speer's influence continue to fluctuate through this book? Why does it fluctuate?

Part 3) How do others' opinions of Hitler's men influence Hitler's opinion of Speer?

Essay Topic 3

Speer attempts to keep Hitler and his henchmen from destroying the economy.

Part 1) How does he go about doing this? Is he successful? Why or why not?

Part 2) Could he have used better tactics? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) How does the German economy play a role in Hitler's rise to power, rule, and ultimate downfall?

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