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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Murrow on December 10, 1939?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Munich.

2. Who died on February 12, 1939 according to Shirer?
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) Daladier.
(c) Hilter.
(d) The Pope.

3. Why did Shirer stay in Czechoslovakia after Hitler's demands?
(a) For the food.
(b) To see if there would be a war.
(c) To attend a Communist conference.
(d) To visit.

4. How did William Shirer go to America in June 1939?
(a) By plane.
(b) By boat.
(c) By zepplin.
(d) By train.

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

6. What did most of the correspondents at the Taverne feel that the French could do in March 1936 according to Shirer?
(a) They could stop Hitler in Rhineland.
(b) They could stop Hitler in Switzerland.
(c) They could invade Germany.
(d) They could depose Hitler.

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

8. When did the Italians enter Albania according to Shirer?
(a) April 7, 1940.
(b) April 7, 1939.
(c) April 17, 1939.
(d) March 7, 1939.

9. Where was the Royal Oak battleship when it was sunk by a German U-boat?
(a) The Mediteranean.
(b) The Atlantic.
(c) Scapa Flow.
(d) The Falkland.

10. What percentage of the Austrian voters voted to join the Reich on April 10, 1938?
(a) 90%.
(b) 99%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 95%.

11. When was Shirer offered a position in Berlin?
(a) October 9, 1934.
(b) August 19, 1935.
(c) September 9, 1934.
(d) August 9, 1934.

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

13. Where did the France/Germany/England meeting of September 1938 take place?
(a) Paris.
(b) Godosberg.
(c) Prague.
(d) Berlin.

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

15. Who did Shirer say was refused entry by the secret police?
(a) Kassy Herkel.
(b) John Delerte.
(c) Hans Kaltenborn.
(d) Daladier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Shirer say met in London on July 14?

2. Who did Shirer start to work for on October 1, 1937?

3. What did William Shirer do during the year prior to the start of Part I, pgs. 4-44?

4. When was Shirer in Paris according to Part I?

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

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