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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Murrow make arrangements with to procure radio transmitters in December 1939?
(a) The German army.
(b) NBC.
(c) The BBC.
(d) The French army.

2. Where did William Shirer spend the year prior to the start of Part I, pgs. 4-44?
(a) France.
(b) Japan.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

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

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

5. What did Hitler demand in a speech on September 12, 1938 according to Part I, pgs. 125-165?
(a) The right to build battleships.
(b) Half of Poland.
(c) Self-determination for the Studentens.
(d) The right to form an air army.

6. Where did Shirer spend Christmas in 1939?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Geneva.

7. Who did Shirer meet in Paris on October 8, 1938?
(a) De Gaulle.
(b) Daladier.
(c) Murrow.
(d) Chamberlin.

8. What did Shirer cover on February 1936 according to Part I, pgs. 44-83?
(a) The Winter Olympics.
(b) The Summer Olympics.
(c) Hitler's oath of office.
(d) The 3rd communist party congress.

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

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

11. Where was Danzig in 1939?
(a) Germany.
(b) Austria.
(c) France.
(d) Poland.

12. Where did the Nazis fight the Heimsehr?
(a) In Britain.
(b) In France.
(c) In Germany.
(d) In Austria.

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

14. Where was Shirer in the start of Part I pg.165-206?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Paris.
(d) Prague.

15. What did the Czech government reply to Hitler's demands?
(a) They would fight if invaded.
(b) They would grant the Nazi party Parliament representation.
(c) They would appoint a Nazi prime minister.
(d) They would give him what he wanted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who returned to Berlin in August 1939?

2. When did Shirer first see Hitler?

3. Where was Murrow on December 10, 1939?

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

5. What was stationed at Kiel and Hamburg?

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