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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. Himmler refuses to be excluded from what?

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

3. The ______ defendants are separated from other prisoners, given intelligence tests, and handed copies of the indictments.

4. The Soviet offensive begins when?

5. Doenitz struggles to think outside what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bormann call Speer? Why?

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

3. How does Chapter 28 open?

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

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

6. How does Chapter 27 open?

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

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

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

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

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 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 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?

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