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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 is ready to give in to the Gauleiters' pressure to control armaments production and ready to give in for lack of support unless Hitler does what?

2. Hitler is more shaken by damage reports than __________ and orders impossible repairs of theaters to keep up public morale.

3. He rages against the British and the Jews and demands retaliatory raids without what?

4. Chapter 28, "The Plunge," opens with Hitler again supporting ____________ against Speer.

5. Hitler calms Speer's fears of an armaments collapse by doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the Allies able to invade Germany? How does Hitler deal with this invasion?

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

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

4. What takes place while Speers is in the hospital for two months?

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

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

7. What are Hitler's worst decisions?

8. What meeting does Speer mediate? Why? What is the result of this meeting?

9. How does Chapter 28 open?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hitler calls for making Berlin so beautiful that no one will care if Paris is destroyed.

Part 1) What do others think about this statement? How does this threaten Paris, France as a whole, and other nations?

Part 2) What does this statement reveal about Hitler? How does Speer go about making this statement true?

Part 3) Does Berlin ever gain popularity as a city more beautiful than Paris? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Speer sees the futility of war.

Part 1) How does he begin to see this? How does this affect his relationships with others? How does this affect his behavior?

Part 2) How does he try to warn and help Hitler? Why does Hitler not take him seriously?

Part 3) How might Hitler's Germany have ended up differently if he had listened to Speer?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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