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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 Speer's exuberance at German successes cool?

2. Based on a quotation from MEIN KAMPF about the duty of the people to revolt against state tyranny, Speer plans to kill Hitler, Bormann, Goebbels, and Ley by doing what?

3. The Soviet offensive begins when?

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

5. Speer wonders if he looks as rundown as who?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Speer's life become threatened? How is his life spared?

4. What is Himmler's reaction at the end of the war?

5. How does Speer's exuberance at German successes begin to cool? What saves Germany at this point?

6. How does Chapter 33 open, regarding Doenitz?

7. How does Speer help evacuees during Hitler's "scorched earth" plan?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Hitler is stuck in a World War I mentality.

Part 1) What is a World War I mentality? Why is Hitler stuck in this mentality?

Part 2) What does this mean for Speer, Speer's plans, and Hitler's own plans? How does this mentality reflect Hitler's personality?

Part 3) How does Hitler's war mentality evolve over time? Why?

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