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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. Where did Shirer say the Germans were amassing troops on February 1940?
(a) The Belgium Border.
(b) The French border.
(c) The Dutch border.
(d) The Russian border.

2. What did Shirer say continued in Germany in Part II, pgs.248-289?
(a) Massing troops on the French border.
(b) The building of concentration camps.
(c) The military build-up.
(d) Execution of traitors.

3. What did Shirer say he asked himself at the end of September 1940?
(a) Why he became a journalist.
(b) If he should enroll in the U.S army.
(c) If he should ask for German citizenship.
(d) Why he was staying in Berlin.

4. What pact did Hitler use as an excuse to violate a treaty in March 1936?
(a) The Anglo-Polish pact.
(b) The Anglo-French pact.
(c) The Franco-Russian pact.
(d) The Franco-Soviet pact.

5. What did Shirer see in Berlin on September 18, 1940?
(a) Transfer of Jews to concentration camps.
(b) British prisoners of war.
(c) Hospital trains unloading the wounded.
(d) Civilians wounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Shirer say was refused entry by the secret police?

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

3. When did the rationing of food in Germany start?

4. When did Shirer say he and other journalists traveled to the front in Belgium and Holland?

5. What percentage of the Austrian voters voted to join the Reich on April 10, 1938?

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