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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pgs. 165-206.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Shirer find out about the American people upon arrival?
(a) They didn't want to know about Europe.
(b) They supported Hitler.
(c) They did not think that war was coming.
(d) They hated Stalin.

2. Where did Tess Shirer leave for in September 1938?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Austria.
(d) America.

3. What was Shirer's first assignment with his new employer in 1937?
(a) Hitler's speech in Munich.
(b) Russia's military purge.
(c) France's presidential election.
(d) The Power Conference in Brussels.

4. What did William Shirer do during the year prior to the start of Part I, pgs. 4-44?
(a) He was on sabbatical.
(b) He was in the army.
(c) He was in a hospital.
(d) He was in school.

5. What did Shirer cover on February 1936 according to Part I, pgs. 44-83?
(a) Hitler's oath of office.
(b) The Summer Olympics.
(c) The 3rd communist party congress.
(d) The Winter Olympics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Shirer arrive in Danzig?

2. Where was Shirer on September 12, 1938?

3. Who did Shirer say Hitler met with in February 1938?

4. When did the Italians enter Albania according to Shirer?

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

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