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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pgs. 83-124.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the Shirers and Knickerbockers vacation in June 1936?
(a) France.
(b) Austria.
(c) Germany.
(d) Yugoslavia.

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

4. When was Shirer in Paris according to Part I?
(a) August 1934.
(b) February 1934.
(c) January 1934.
(d) February 1935.

5. What did Shirer have to do during his first assignment for his new employer in 1937?
(a) Take his own photographs.
(b) Hire a better voice.
(c) Stay at the back of the room.
(d) Hire other reporters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Austrian president in February 1938?

2. What did Shirer say he had to have approved by the German censors before broadcast in May 1937?

3. When was Shirer offered a position in Berlin?

4. Where did the Nazis fight the Heimsehr?

5. Where did William Shirer spend the year prior to the start of Part I, pgs. 4-44?

(see the answer key)

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