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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Speer waives appeal to how many years imprisonment?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

2. Hitler calms Speer's fears of an armaments collapse by doing what?
(a) Having more factories built.
(b) Giving Speer a raise.
(c) Declaring that Speer will straighten things out again.
(d) Giving him positive statistics.

3. Hitler refuses to take ___________ that Morell recommends?
(a) Pills.
(b) Vacations.
(c) The long walks.
(d) Naps.

4. How long does Speer spend in a hospital?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) One month.

5. Assuming that the Allies need a large port to land, what does Hitler do?
(a) He protects the coastal area and leaves the ports sparsely protected.
(b) He destroys all the ports.
(c) He sets a trap at all the ports.
(d) He arms the ports but leaves coastal areas sparsely protected.

6. The ______ defendants are separated from other prisoners, given intelligence tests, and handed copies of the indictments.
(a) 11.
(b) 21.
(c) 41.
(d) 31.

7. Speer regards his life as what?
(a) Just beginning.
(b) Concluded.
(c) Being cleansed.
(d) Starting over.

8. As "Operation Citadel" opens, Speer convinces Hitler to spare who to serve as armaments laborers?
(a) British prisoners.
(b) Polish prisoners.
(c) Russian prisoners.
(d) French prisoners.

9. Speer resorts to lies and deception for what reason?
(a) To save himself.
(b) To prevent Hitler and his henchmen from destroying the economy before the Allies' ruinous Morgenthau Plan arrives.
(c) To protect his family.
(d) To kill Hitler and his henchmen.

10. By the autumn of 1943, Speer feels insecure in his own Ministry and begins consolidating his position by doing what?
(a) Freeing the captives.
(b) Assigning deputy heads.
(c) Stopping armaments production in some factories.
(d) Letting go hundreds of workers.

11. When did Col. Claus von Stauffenberg try to assassinate Hitler?
(a) On April 20, 1944.
(b) On November 20, 1944.
(c) On September 20, 1944.
(d) On July 20, 1944.

12. When Doenitz puts naval procurement under Speer, what happens?
(a) Building accelerates.
(b) Building halts.
(c) Building decreases.
(d) Building begins.

13. Justice Robert H. Jackson delivers a devastating opening address, and how many months of testimony and documents detail the Nazi horror?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

14. Speer wonders if he looks as rundown as who?
(a) The Allies.
(b) The concentration camp survivors.
(c) The other prisoners.
(d) His men.

15. What city surrenders peacefully?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Frankfort.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. He says his fate matters little when weighed against what?

2. Hitler believes he will still be able to retire to _______ and studies plans.

3. 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?

4. What are civilians begging the army not to do?

5. In what does the leadership--Speer included--live?

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