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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Shirer say he had to have approved by the German censors before broadcast in May 1937?
(a) His concentration camp coverage.
(b) Hitler's speech coverage.
(c) His coverage of worker's day.
(d) His Hindenburg crash coverage.

2. Who did Hitler attack at the start of Part II?
(a) Austria.
(b) France.
(c) Poland.
(d) England.

3. What treaty did Hitler disregard in March 1936?
(a) Locarno Treaty.
(b) Rhur Treaty.
(c) VersailleTreaty.
(d) Saar Treaty.

4. Where did the Shirers and Knickerbockers vacation in June 1936?
(a) Austria.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Yugoslavia.

5. How much of the German population supported Hitler breaking the treaty in March 1936?
(a) 99%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 65%.

6. When did Shirer arrive in Danzig?
(a) August 11, 1939.
(b) August 11, 1940.
(c) June 11, 1939.
(d) August 1, 1939.

7. With whom did William Shirer spend the year prior to the start of Part I, pgs. 4-44?
(a) Friends.
(b) His children.
(c) His wife.
(d) His colleagues.

8. Until when did Shirer say Hitler would continue the war?
(a) Russia was defeated.
(b) France apologized.
(c) As long as France and England continued the war.
(d) Germany was given a seat at the society of nations.

9. Who did Germany take off the air on October 19, 1939?
(a) ABC.
(b) CBS.
(c) CNN.
(d) NBC and CBS.

10. Where did William Shirer spend the year prior to the start of Part I, pgs. 4-44?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Japan.
(d) Spain.

11. What area did Hitler occupy in March 1936?
(a) Rhineland.
(b) Saar.
(c) France.
(d) Austria.

12. What was Shirer's daughter's name?
(a) Eileen.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Jodie.
(d) Synthia.

13. When was Shirer offered a position in Berlin?
(a) August 9, 1934.
(b) September 9, 1934.
(c) August 19, 1935.
(d) October 9, 1934.

14. What concerned country was not included in the talks about the Czech situation?
(a) Japan.
(b) Czechoslovakia.
(c) The United States.
(d) Austria.

15. Where did Shirer spend Christmas in 1939?
(a) Berlin.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Geneva.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Shirer meet in Paris on October 8, 1938?

2. Where did Shirer meet Murrow on January 18, 1940?

3. When did Shirer first see Hitler?

4. What did Shirer quote to say that Hitler was preparing for war?

5. Where would Shirer be based with his new employer?

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