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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, pgs. 575 - 605.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Shirer notice about the Dutch and Belgium retreat?
(a) They did not blow up the bridges.
(b) They did not lay land mines.
(c) They did not form partisan groups.
(d) They did not attack Germany's rears.

2. Where did Shirer say the Poles were still fighting after the surrender of their government?
(a) Plock.
(b) Kalisz.
(c) Danzig.
(d) Warsaw.

3. Who did Germany take off the air on October 19, 1939?
(a) NBC and CBS.
(b) CNN.
(c) ABC.
(d) CBS.

4. What cities did journalists think Hitler would bomb at the end of May 1940?
(a) Lisieux and Dunkirk.
(b) Madrid and Geneva.
(c) Paris and Bordeaux.
(d) Paris and London.

5. Where was Shirer on December 10, 1939?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Rome.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Shirer return to Berlin?

3. Where was Murrow on December 10, 1939?

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

5. Who offered to mediate peace talks between Germany, France and England?

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