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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, pgs. 451-492.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Shirer learn after arriving in Paris in June 1940?
(a) Most of his friends had left the city.
(b) Germany offered peace to France.
(c) Most of his friends were still in Paris.
(d) France refused to surrender.

2. Where did Tess Shirer stay to await the birth of their first child?
(a) The Riviera.
(b) The Alps.
(c) Berlin.
(d) England.

3. When did the rationing of food in Germany start?
(a) Start of August 1939.
(b) End of August 1939.
(c) End of August 1940.
(d) End of June 1939.

4. Who was named head of the government after the demonstration Shirer described in Part I?
(a) Doumergue.
(b) Chamberlin.
(c) De Gaulle.
(d) Daladier.

5. Until when did Shirer say Hitler would continue the war?
(a) Russia was defeated.
(b) Germany was given a seat at the society of nations.
(c) France apologized.
(d) As long as France and England continued the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Shirer want Tess and Eileen to go following Germany's move against the Benelux countries?

2. Who was Germany's main supplier of iron in 1940?

3. Why were the Shirers happy to leave Germany?

4. Who did Hitler meet with in September 1938 to talk about the Czech situation?

5. When did Shirer return to Berlin?

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