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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 is ready to give in to the Gauleiters' pressure to control armaments production and ready to give in for lack of support unless Hitler does what?

2. Why are there no prisoners?

3. Justice Robert H. Jackson delivers a devastating opening address, and how many months of testimony and documents detail the Nazi horror?

4. Hitler calms Speer's fears of an armaments collapse by doing what?

5. Speer points to the ongoing danger of what in the age of modern technology?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place while Speers is in the hospital for two months?

2. What does Hitler do regarding the Todt Organization's building of defensive positions on the Dnieper? Why does he do this? How does this affect Germany?

3. What happens when Speers warns Hitler that the end is near?

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

5. What happens to Speer and the other defendants at Nuremberg?

6. What meeting does Speer mediate? Why? What is the result of this meeting?

7. What is Operation Valkyrie? What is the result of this operation?

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

9. How does Chapter 29 find Speer?

10. What are Hitler's worst decisions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Speer is tried at Nuremberg.

Part 1) Describe the Nuremberg Trials as a whole, as well as Speer's own trial.

Part 2) How does Speer behave during these trials? Why does he behave this way? How does his behavior affect the outcome of his trial? How do these trials affect Speer? Why?

Part 3) How have these experiences with the Nazi Party affected Speer's life as a whole? How is he permanently changed by these experiences?

Part 4) Describe an experience that has affected you. How has it affected you? How does it influence you today?

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

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?

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