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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. Germany's prestige rises during what?

2. Himmler offers who to make bricks and quarry granite?

3. Does Speer become anti-Semitic?

4. Hitler views grand buildings as what?

5. Opting out of a flight to Berlin, Speer survives the crash that kills who?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Speer's becoming the young man destined to design Hitler's legacy?

2. Describe the massive building projects Hitler desires when Germany's prestige rises during the Berlin Olympic Games.

3. Who does Speer take with him to "Fuehrer conferences?" Why?

4. Describe the new facade of Hitler's headquarters.

5. Describe Speer's success with Goebbels and Hitler. How is he finally able to impress Hitler?

6. What does Speer do with 130 searchlights?

7. Why is it surprising that Speer joined the Party?

8. How do Speer's ideas clash with Hitler's and the ideas of others?

9. What events take place that show Speer the true side of Hitler and his Nazi Party? How does Speer react to these events?

10. With whom does Hitler surround himself? How does he act around these people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Speer is accepted into Hitler's inner circle.

Part 1) What leads to this acceptance? How does this change Speer's life? What do others think about this acceptance? Why?

Part 2) How does Hitler benefit from Speer's work? How influential is Speer's work in Hitler's Germanic Reich?

Part 3) How does Speer fall out of Hitler's good graces? What does this reveal about both Hitler and Speer?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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