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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. Speer notes that great building in antiquity is normally done by whom?

2. How does Hitler eliminate an enormous threat?

3. Hitler hints at aims for a great Germanic Reich stretching from ______________.

4. Who does Speer help deal with Berlin contractors in rebuilding the decrepit Chancellery?

5. Who does Hitler say will be the loser of the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Speer do with 130 searchlights?

2. How does Speer support and even surpass Hitler's desires?

3. Describe Speer's life while being a member of Hitler's entourage.

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

5. What aspects of Speer's childhood helped to build his character and self-discipline?

6. What is interaction like at Obersalzberg?

7. What leads to Speer being put in charge of the Ukraine?

8. What does Hitler do with a model of Berlin? What does Speer later realize about this model?

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. Describe the beginning of Speer's time as head of the Armaments Ministry.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Speer is tried at Nuremberg.

Part 1) Describe the Nuremberg Trials as a whole, as well as Speer's own trial.

Part 2) How does Speer behave during these trials? Why does he behave this way? How does his behavior affect the outcome of his trial? How do these trials affect Speer? Why?

Part 3) How have these experiences with the Nazi Party affected Speer's life as a whole? How is he permanently changed by these experiences?

Part 4) Describe an experience that has affected you. How has it affected you? How does it influence you today?

Essay Topic 3

Speer spends two months in the hospital.

Part 1) Why does he spend two months in the hospital? What takes place during these two months?

Part 2) How does this time affect his influence over Hitler? Why? How do these two become more estranged?

Part 3) How does this time both help and hurt Speer? How might this change in Speer affect his later trial?

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