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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, pgs. 492 - 552.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What right did the broadcaster have regarding censorship?
(a) To have forwards saying that it was censored.
(b) To leave the country.
(c) To broadcast what they wanted.
(d) They had the right to decline to broadcast.

2. Where did Shirer return on December 1, 1939?
(a) Prague.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Zurich.

3. Who did Shirer say Hitler met with in February 1938?
(a) Chamberlin.
(b) Schuschnigg.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Churchill.

4. What did the Germans do in retaliation for the bombing of Berlin?
(a) They bombed London.
(b) They stopped offering humanitarian aid.
(c) They executed prisoners of war.
(d) They stopped taking prisoners.

5. Where was Shirer on July 4, 1940?
(a) With Hitler in the Alps.
(b) In Poland with the 5th Panzer army.
(c) In Berlin with Murrow.
(d) With his family in Geneva.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shirer say the Germans attempted on September 16, 1940?

2. How much of the German population supported Hitler breaking the treaty in March 1936?

3. How did Shirer describe the life in Berlin one week after the start of the war in Part II?

4. Where did Shirer say he and other journalists were flown to on August 4, 1940?

5. What did Shirer see as he arrived at his hotel on May 21, 1940?

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