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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pgs. 125-165.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What concerned country was not included in the talks about the Czech situation?
(a) Japan.
(b) The United States.
(c) Austria.
(d) Czechoslovakia.

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

4. What did Hitler deny after presenting his plan to have Germany self-sufficient in raw materials?
(a) That it was a peace plan.
(b) That he was building long highways.
(c) That it was a war plan.
(d) That it was for the good of the German people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Shirer say came to him for help in going to England or America?

2. Where did the Shirers and Knickerbockers vacation in June 1936?

3. Why were the Shirers happy to leave Germany?

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

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

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