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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was named head of the government after the demonstration Shirer described in Part I?
(a) Doumergue.
(b) De Gaulle.
(c) Chamberlin.
(d) Daladier.

3. What did the Russians do on December 1, 1939?
(a) Attacked Denmark.
(b) Attacked China.
(c) Attacked Germany.
(d) Invaded Finland.

4. Where was Danzig in 1939?
(a) France.
(b) Austria.
(c) Germany.
(d) Poland.

5. Where would Shirer be based with his new employer?
(a) Paris.
(b) Prague.
(c) Vienna.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hitler give his speech after the surrender of the Poles?

2. What did Hitler deny after presenting his plan to have Germany self-sufficient in raw materials?

3. When was Shirer offered a position in Berlin?

4. What did Shirer find out about the American people upon arrival?

5. Who did Shirer start to work for on October 1, 1937?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on December 10 and why was this significant?

2. What did Shirer say about going to Berlin?

3. What happened when Shirer returned home to Geneva and what arrangement did Murrow make according to Part II, pgs. 248-289?

4. What made the German people realize how close the war was?

5. Where did Shirer travel on February 12?

6. What happened to the Shirers at the beginning of Part I, pgs. 83-124?

7. What did war correspondents discuss in August in Berlin according to Part I, pgs. 165-206?

8. What did the Czechoslovakian government claim in Part I, pgs. 125-165 and what did Shirer do?

9. What did Hitler say in his speech on September 17 according to Part II, pgs. 207-248?

10. What did Shirer work on while Tess and Eileen were in America?

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