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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 another of Hitler's worst mistakes?

2. Smelling danger, Bormann calls Speer an enemy of the Party who intends to do what?

3. By the autumn of 1943, Speer feels insecure in his own Ministry and begins consolidating his position by doing what?

4. Why is the Battle of the Bulge lost?

5. After the invasions of Africa and Italy, Hitler is certain what can happen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the book end?

2. How does Chapter 28 open?

3. How does Chapter 33 open, regarding Doenitz?

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

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

6. Describe Hitler in the fall of 1943.

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

8. What does Bormann call Speer? Why?

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

10. How does Speer quickly save his ability to influence Hitler?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hitler aims for a Great Germanic Reich.

Part 1) Describe Hitler's plans for this Reich. How have his plans developed and evolved throughout this book? What does Speer think about these plans?

Part 2) How is this foreshadowed early in the book? Why do his plans for this powerful nation fall through?

Part 3) Why might this power be so important to Hitler? Why might he be able to convince others that they too want a powerful Germanic Reich?

Part 4) Who has power in your world? How have they come by this power? How do they deal with this power? How does it affect you?

Essay Topic 2

Speer exploits the captured countries to produce civilian goods.

Part 1) How does he go about doing this? Why does he do this? How does this benefit Germany?

Part 2) How does the production of weaponry become an issue in this book? How does it affect the war?

Part 3) How does this exploitation affect your opinion of Speer? Should he exploit captured countries in this way? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Speer runs the Armaments Ministry.

Part 1) What is the Armaments Ministry? How does he get this job? How does the Armaments Ministry benefit from Speer?

Part 2) How does Speer use his talents as an architect to be successful running the Armaments Ministry?

Part 3) How do Hitler and his men feel about the way Speer runs the Armaments Ministry? How does this affect Speer?

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