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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. What is one of Hitler's worst decisions?

2. How long does Speer spend in a hospital?

3. Had the Allies concentrated on attacking _____________ the war would have been lost by 1943.

4. In his last radio address Hitler rejects what and then withdraws to the old Party clique, grasping at straws and insisting that nothing but desert be left to the victors?

5. Speer breaks taboo by doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hitler say during his last radio address?

2. What does Speer convince Hitler to do regarding Russian prisoners? Why is this, in the end, not necessary?

3. What happens to Speer as the war comes to an end?

4. What takes place while Speer recovers for six weeks?

5. How are the Allies able to invade Germany? How does Hitler deal with this invasion?

6. How does Chapter 28 open?

7. How does Chapter 27 open?

8. What does Speer say about the danger of dictatorships?

9. What does Hitler do when he ignores Speer's calls to cripple key Allied resources? How does he then calm Speer's fears of an armaments collapse?

10. Describe Hitler in the fall of 1943.

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Speer warns Hitler that the end is near.

Part 1) How does he know this? Why does he do this? How does Hitler react to this? Why does he react this way?

Part 2) Does Hitler have just cause to react the way he does? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does the end come? Are you surprised by the way the various leaders handle the end? Why or why not?

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