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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. Of what is Speer found guilty?

2. How long does Speer spend in a hospital?

3. Why are there no prisoners?

4. Speer is reluctant to accept the "Central Works" under what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Bormann call Speer? Why?

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

5. Describe Hitler in the fall of 1943.

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

7. What does Hitler do when he ignores Speer's calls to cripple key Allied resources? How does he then calm Speer's fears of an armaments collapse?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Speer builds grand halls and salons to impress on dignitaries that Hitler is "one of the greatest men in history."

Part 1) Why does Speer do this? Does he believe Hitler is "one of the greatest men in history?" Why or why not?

Part 2) Why might these grand halls and salons give dignitaries the impression that Hitler is a great man?

Part 3) What does Speer think of these grand structures at the time he builds them? How does he feel about these structures later in life? Why?

Part 4) How might these structures be viewed today? Why?

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

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?

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