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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. As the General Staff desires, the Todt Organization begins building defensive positions on the Dnieper. Why does Hitler order this work stopped?

2. What is another of Hitler's worst mistakes?

3. Of what is Speer found guilty?

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

5. After coldly rejecting Speer's plan for a joint operation with the Air Force, Hitler visits the sickroom, hearing what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 does Bormann call Speer? Why?

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

6. What does the Allied bombing on November 12, 1944 do to Germany? What are the reactions to this bombing?

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

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

9. How does Chapter 27 open?

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 feels the fallen rulers must accept collective guilt.

Part 1) Why does he believe this? How does this support what is known about his character?

Part 2) How do the others feel about taking responsibility for their actions? Why? Do they believe they are guilty? Why or why not?

Part 3) Does this help him at all during the Nuremberg trials? Why or why not? How does this guilt affect him for the rest of his life? Why does it affect him?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Hitler demands ruthless "scorched earth."

Part 1) What is "scorched earth?" How and why does Speer try to stop this? What does this reinforce about Hitler's personality?

Part 2) How might this have affected the Allies? How might this have also affected the Germans?

Part 3) Might this tactic be used today? If so, when and how? If not, why not?

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