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

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

3. When did the Graf Spee sink?
(a) October 14, 1939.
(b) December 13, 1939.
(c) December 14, 1940.
(d) December 14, 1939.

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

5. Where did Hitler give his speech after the surrender of the Poles?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Danzig.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Warsaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the German propaganda say threatened the Reich in August 1939?

2. Where did Shirer say the Poles were still fighting after the surrender of their government?

3. Where was Danzig in 1939?

4. Over what nation did Mussolini triumph in May 1936?

5. Where did the Nazis fight the Heimsehr?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, pgs. 44-83, what did Hitler disregard and what argument was made?

2. What did Shirer inform the Germans of?

3. What happened on September 30?

4. Where did Shirer travel on February 12?

5. What did Shirer do on January 8, 1940?

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

7. What did the Shirers and Knickerbockers do in June?

8. Why did Shirer have to hire other reporters?

9. What happened on September 1, 1939?

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

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